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SERMON 


DELIVERED    AT    BATH,    JUNE    27,    1849, 


BEFORE     THE 


MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 


FORTY-SECOND    ANNIVERSARY 


ELI   THURSTON, 

PASTOIl    OF    THE    CENTRAL    CONG.    CHUKCH    IN    FALL    HIVI'.U,    MS. 


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PORTLAND : 

PRIM TED  AT  THE  MIRROR  OFFICE 
1  84  9  . 


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SERMON, 


DELIVERED    AT    BATH,    JUNE    27,    1849, 


BEFORE     THE 


MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 


FORTY-SECOND   ANNIVERSARY. 


ELI  THURSTON, 

PASTOR  OF   A   CHURCH  AT   FALL   RIVER,  MASS, 


PORTLAND : 

PR1MTED   AT  THE   MIRROR   OFFICE. 

1849. 


SEEMON. 


AMOS  7 :  5 

BY   WHOM    SHALL  JACOB   ARISE?     FOR   HE   IS   SMALL. 

Jacob  was  third  in  the  illustrious  line  from  Abraham  to 
Christ;  and  his  name  is  often  used  in  the  Old  Testament 
scriptures  to  designate  the  church — the  chosen  people  of 
God. 

There  is  a  propriety  in  retaining  this  use  of  his  name  under 
the  gospel.  In  some  respects  he  is  as  striking  a  type  of  the 
Christian  Church  as  he  was  of  the  Jewish.  Jacob  stood  in  the 
direct  line  from  the  promise  to  the  coming  of  Christ.  The 
Church  stands  in  the  direct  line  from  his  coming  to  his  final 
triumph;  and  forms  another  and  brighter  part  of  the  same 
mighty  chain  of  agencies  which  is  to  hold  back  the  world  from 
wreck,  draw  it  to  Christ,  and  bind  it  to  his  throne.  God 
covenanted  with  Jacob,  and  remembered  all  the  words  of  his 
covenant ;  so  He  has  a  covenant  with  the  church,  ordered  in  all 
things  and  sure.  Jacob  wrestled  with  the  Angel  till  the  break 
of  day ;  so  the  Church  wrestles,  not  only  with  principalities  and 
powers,  but  with  God  also;  and  so  it  will  wrestle,  till  a  day  of 
millennial  glory  breaks  upon  the  world.  God  would  "  cause 
them  that  come  of  Jacob  to  take  root,  and  bud  and  blossom, 
and  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with  fruit;"  so  has  he  caused  the 
Church  to  take  root,  and  will  cause  her  to  take  still  deeper  root, 
send  out  her  boughs  unto  the  sea,  her  branches  unto  the  river, 
cover  the  hills  with  her  shadow,  bud  and  blossom  abundantly, 
and  scatter  her  fruit  over  all  the  earth. 


These  points  of  resemblance  might  be  traced  with  more 
minuteness,  and  at  greater  length.  But  it  is  not  necessary. 
Enough  has  already  been  said  to  evince  the  propriety  of  accom- 
modating the  inquiry  in  the  text  to  our  present  purpose,  and 
understanding  it  with  special  reference  to  the  Church  at  the 
present  day. 

Thus  understood,  the  passage  has  three  points  which  claim 
attention : 

I.  The  present  condition  of  the  Church  ; 

II.  The  Agent,  —  and 

III.  The  instrumentality,  by  which  it  is  to  arise. 

These  are  topics  of  engrossing  interest  to  every  Christian. 
If  he  loves  anything  this  side  heaven,  he  loves  the  Church. 
If  he  longs  and  prays  for  anything,  it  is  for  the  day  of  her 
redemption  and  enlargement.  If,  therefore,  there  is  a  theme 
that  can  chain  his  thoughts  and  wake  his  interest,  it  is  one  that 
respects  her  present  condition  and  future  prospects. 

These  topics  are  pertinent  also  to  the  present  occasion. 
What  I  shall  say  of  the  Church  in  general,  is  true  of  that 
part  of  it  which  the  Society,  by  whose  appointment  I  speak, 
is  laboring  to  extend  in  this  State.  I  may  therefore  presume 
upon  a  wakeful  interest,  at  least,  in  my  subject.  It  lays  near 
every  Christian  heart ;  and  I  cannot  touch  it,  even  unskilfully, 
without  stirring  chords  whose  vibrations  will  be  felt. 

In  speaking  of  the  church,  I  mean  not  nominal  Christendom. 
That  were  making  the  basis  too  broad.  Not  a  denominational 
sect.  That  were  making  it  too  narrow  and  exclusive.  But  I 
mean  all,  of  every  clime  and  creed,  who  have  been  regenerated 
by  the  Spirit  of  God,  are  living  by  the  faith  of  his  Son,  and 
witnessing,  by  an  earnest  life,  to  the  reality  and  power  of  the 
gospel. 

Thus  defined,  our  first  position  is,  —  the  church  is  small. 
And  I  need  not  delay  long  to  establish  it.     Argument  would  be 


superfluous.     The  proof  is  palpable  as  sunlight.     He  may  run 

that  readeth. 

It  is  small  numerically.  Though  ages  have  rolled  away, 
since  Christ  said,  "It  is  finished,"  "go,  disciple  all  nations," 
-still,  darkness  covers  the  earth,  and  gross  darkness  the 
people.  The  road  to  death  is  broad,  and  densely  thronged; 
the  path  to  heaven,  narrow,  and  few  in  it.  Look  at  the  facts. 
There  are  eight  hundred  millions  of  the  earth's  inhabitants.  Of 
these,  not  more  than  two  hundred  millions  are  even  nominally 
Christian.  Of  those  two  hundred  millions,  not  more  than 
seventy  millions  have  a  pure  faith.  And  of  that  number,  but 
a  very  small  fraction  have  awaked  to  its  claims,  and  felt  its 
transforming  power.  This  world  is,  to-day,  a  heathen  world. 
A  remnant  only  of  its  immortal  millions  are  to  be  saved. 

The  Church  is  also  small  in  influence.     Its  leaven  is  in  the 
world,  silently  and  gradually  doing  its  work;  but  the  great 
mass  is  yet  unreached  and  unpurged.     It  is  modifying,  to  some 
extent,  but  not  controlling  its  destinies.     It  is  alleviating,  but 
not  drying  up  the  sources  of,  human  woe.   It  has  not  yet  laid  its 
giant  gras°p  upon  the  high  places  of  infidelity  and  superstition, 
wrestled  clown  principalities  and  powers,  and  changed  the  lion 
to  the  lamb.     Swords  are  not  yet  beaten  into  plow-shares;  the 
clanking  of  chains   and  the  sighing  of  the  prisoner,  ceased ; 
the  fires  of  intemperance  and  lust  extinguished ;  God's  name 
revered ;  his  Sabbaths  become  a  delight ;  the  mountain  of  the 
Lord's  house  established  upon  the  top  of  the  mountains,  and 
the  earth  filled  with  the  knowledge  and  glory  of  God.     Such  a 
day  has   scarcely  spread  its  first  rays   upon  the  mountains. 
Compared  with  the  influence  which  it  is  destined  to  exert,  the 
Church  is  still  in  the  infancy  of  its  strength.     This  position, 
however,  is  not  a  necessary  sequence  of  the  previous  one.     The 
Church,  though  few  in  number,  might  be  mighty  in  influence. 
Only  let  her  be  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  fire— let  the 
spirit  of  primitive  days  repossess  her— give  her  the  faith  and 
self-denial  of  apostles,  martyrs  and  reformers  —  and  one  would 


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chase  a  thousand,  and  two  put  ten  thousand  to  flight.  You 
would  behold  Satan  as  lightning  fall  from  heaven,  his  kingdom 
crumble  into  atoms,  and  Jehovah's  empire  emerge  out  of  its 
ruins.  Let  the  Church  clothe  herself  with  omnipotence  by 
prayer,  bring  her  treasures  and  lay  them  upon  the  altar,  and 
gird  herself  up  manfully  for  the  work,  and  even  with  such 
success  as  has  already  crowned  her  exertions,  another  genera- 
tion would  not  pass  away  before  the  gospel  would  be  preached 
in  all  lands,  and  a  wave  of  salvation  roll  over  the  earth.  Her 
three  millions  of  members,  with  all  their  intelligence,  influence, 
energy,  and  stores  of  silver  and  gold,  are  sufficient,  if  they 
could  only  be  heartily  enlisted.     Why,  then,  is  she  small? 

The  text  furnishes  a  key  to  this  question.  The  Church,  in 
some  sense,  is  prostrate.  Hence  the  inquiry,  By  whom  shall  it 
arise  ?  Hence  the  command,  uttered  by  prophets  and  reechoed 
by  an  apostle,  "Arise,  shine."  " Arise  from  the  dead." 
Here  we  have  the  secret.  The  Church,  in  a  sense,  is  prostrate, 
as  well  as  small;  and  small,  because  prostrate.  An  insolent 
world  has  said  to  her,  as  it  said  to  ancient  Jerusalem,  "Bow 
down,  that  we  may  go  over;"  and  if  she  "has  not  laid  her 
body  as  the  ground,  and  as  the  street  to  them  that  went  over," 
she  has  given  too  much  heed  to  that  uncircumcised  cry. 
Instead  of  promptly  joining  issue  with  the  enemies  of  the  Lord, 
and  rising  up  in  a  mass  to  repel,  with  a  martyr-spirit,  all 
opposition,  and  resist  unto  blood,  if  need  be,  striving  against 
sin  —  there  has  been  sometimes  a  parleying,  a  yielding,  a 
surrender  of  her  strong  weapons,  a  prostration  of  her  stern 
principles,  till,  in  too  many  instances,  the  world  has  gone  over, 
and  carried  its  enterprises  of  wealth  and  ambition  over,  the 
Church.  You  may  say  this  is  strong  language  —  stronger  than 
facts  will  warrant.  But  the  significant  call  from  heaven  still 
is,  "Arise,  shake  thyself  from  the  dust."  God's  ministers 
know  that  they  stand  in  a  valley  of  death,  and  prophesy  to  dry 
bones.  Heathens  begin  to  suspect  that  the  cry  they  send  across 
the  waters  and  mountains  for  help,  somehow,  goes  over  the 


ear  of  the  Church.  Ministering  spirits  from  heaven,  if  they 
were  to  testify,  would  bear  record,  that  many  of  their  ministries 
are  for  such  as  are  prostrate.  On  earth,  too,  it  is  admitted, 
and  in  ten  thousand  closets  confessed  and  bemoaned  and  wept 
over  every  day  the  sun  rises.  No  man,  who  has  eyes  to  see, 
can  be  blind  to  the  fact.  This  long  spiritual  dearth  and  death- 
reign,  under  which  the  world  is  groaning,  is  confirmation  of  it. 
This  swift  succession  of  worldly  enterprises,  with  all  the  zest 
and  zeal  and  treasure  and  young  life  embarked  in  them,  when 
put  in  contrast  with  the  slow,  doubtful  progress  of  the  kingdom 
of  Christ,  proves  that  the  world  is  in  the  ascendant,  and  the 
Church  overborne.  If  a  railroad  is  to  be  built,  a  mining 
expedition  fitted  out,  or  any  other  profitable  investment  to  be 
made,  the  wealth  and  the  men  roll  in  by  thousands ;  but  if  a 
world  is  to  be  redeemed  from  hell,  there  is  a  profusion  of 
nothing  except  pious  wishes  and  impious  excuses. 

But  I  will  cease  from  this  unwelcome  strain.  I  have  pursued 
it  thus  far,  not  because  it  is  congenial  to  your  feelings  or  my 
own,  but  because  it  is  true,  a  part  of  the  subject,  and  necessary 
to  my  object.  If  the  truth,  that  the  Church  is  prostrate, 
cannot  be  wrought  into  our  convictions,  and  made  to  burn  on 
our  hearts,  we  may  as  well  leave  the  subject  where  it  is.  For, 
there  can  be  neither  interest  nor  pertinency  in  the  inquiry,  By 
whom  shall  Jacob  arise?  unless  it  is  admitted  and  felt  that 
Jacob  is  prostrate. 

But  if  deeply  impressed  with  this  truth,  and  grieved  and 
borne  down  by  it,  we  are  prepared  to  inquire,  by  whom  the 
rising  is  to  be. 

One  thing  is  conceded  at  the  outset,  and  it  should  put  forever 
to  silence  gainsayers,  and  break  the  teeth  of  God's  enemies. 
The  Church  is  prostrate  in  no  such  sense  as  those  anticipate 
who  cry,  "  Rase  it,  rase  it,  even  to  the  foundations  thereof." 
Let  such  know,  they  do  not  move  those  foundations — not  a 
single  stone  in  them.  They  are  laid  in  oaths  and  promises  and 
blood ;  and  to  unsettle  them,  were  to  pull  down  the  throne  of 


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God.  They  may  plot  and  rage  and  foam  out  their  own  shame, 
"nevertheless  the  foundation  of  God  standeth  sure."  The 
Church  is  not  prostrate  in  any  such  sense  as  the  world  is 
prostrate.  It  is  not,  like  that,  "  dead  while  it  liveth."  The 
breath  of  a  divine  life  is  in  it.  It  is  not  prostrate,  even  in  the 
same  sense  in  which  it  was,  one  half  a  century  since.  It  is 
gathering  up  its  energies,  and  girding  itself  to  arise.  It  is 
prostrate,  not  in  the  usual,  but  in  a  modified  sense  of  the  term. 
Compared  with  what  it  ought  to  be,  and  shall  one  day  be,  it  is 
in  a  prostrate  condition.  But  the  day  of  its  uprising  is  certain. 
Hence,  the  text  does  not  inquire,  Shall  Jacob  arise?  With 
that  point  we  have  nothing  to  do.  It  is  not  an  open  question. 
It  was  settled  by  an  irrevocable  decree,  in  the  councils  of 
eternity — before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or  ever 
man  or  the  world  was  formed.  The  decision  stands  upon 
the  page  of  inspiration,  engraven,  as  in  rock,  forever.  "  The 
kingdom  and  dominion,  and  the  greatness  of  the  kingdom 
under  the  whole  heaven,  shall  be  given  to  the  people  of  the 
saints  of  the  Most  High,  and  all  shall  know  Sim,  from  the 
least  to  the  greatest."  Though  depressed  for  a  season,  God 
is  able  to  lift  her  up  and  make  her  stand.  He  has  promised 
to  do  it,  and  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away  before  one  jot 
or  tittle  of  that  promise  can  fail.  "  Rejoice  not  against  her, 
therefore,  0  ye,  her  enemies,  for  yet  a  little  time  and  He 
that  shall  come,  will  come,  and  Zion  shall  arise  and  shine." 
"  The  Gentiles  shall  come  to  her  light,  and  kings  to  the 
brightness  of  her  rising.  Her  sun  shall  no  more  go  down, 
neither  shall  her  moon  withdraw  itself;  for  the  Lord  shall  be 
her  everlasting  light,  and  the  days  of  her  mourning  shall  be 
ended."  That  point,  then,  is  settled.  The  Church  shall  arise 
— arise  in  majesty  and  beauty,  and  shine  with  immortal  lustre. 
But, 

II.    By  whom  shall  it  arise  ?     This  is  our  next  question. 
The  universal,  stereotyped  answer  to  which  is,  God  must  lift 


up,  hold  up  and  build  up,  the  Church.  It  is  not  to  be  done  by 
man.  His  arm  is  flesh ;  and  all  flesh,  grass.  He  can  no  more 
raise  up  the  Church,  than  he  can  raise  up,  and  bear  up,  the 
pillars  of  the  earth.  It  requires  omnipotence — the  almighty 
power  of  God.  Such  is  the  current  answer  to  this  question. 
The  doctrine  is  a  good  one,  a  scriptural  one.  We  cannot  hold 
it  too  firmly,  nor  act  upon  it  too  confidently. 

But  we  may  hold  it  in  unrighteousness.  God  does  other 
things  as  well  as  raise  up  Jacob.  He  must  raise  up  the  sick 
man  from  his  bed  of  languishing.  Physicians  cannot  do  it — 
friends  cannot.  God  must  do  it,  or  he  will  die.  But  hoik 
does  He  do  it?  Not  by  miracle — not  by  empiricism — not  by 
a  reckless  violation  of  the  laws  of  nature  and  science.  But,  by 
appropriate  means — means  which,  in  his  own  infinite  wisdom, 
he  has  appointed — means  skilfully  adapted  to  the  end. 

God  raises  up  the  oak  of  the  forest,  but  he  does  not  produce 
it  from  a  pebble,  nor  make  it  draw  its  giant-life  from  the  bald, 
storm-swept  rock.  He  must  have  the  acorn  and  the  soil  te 
make  it  with. 

God  raises  up  the  little  flower,  and  baptizes  it  in  the  hues 
of  the  rainbow.  But  he  does  not  rear  it  amid  icebergs  and 
eternal  snows.  He  gives  it  a  genial  soil  and  climate  ;  lets  the 
sun  shine  and  the  dews  distill  upon  it.  Thus,  whatever  God 
does,  whether  in  the  natural  or  spiritual  world,  He  does  in 
accordance  with  established  laws.  This  fact  we  are  to  keep 
in  view,  in  deciding  the  question  now  before  us.  We  are 
not  to  settle  down  on  the  doctrine  of  divine  sovereignty — 
fold  up  our  hands,  and  say,  God  is  the  Repairer  of  breaches, 
He  must  raise  up  Jacob — and  expect  to  see  the  work  wrought 
by  miracle,  the  world  galvanized  into  life,  and  gathered  without 
human  instrumentality.  This  is  not  God's  method.  If  He 
raises  up  Jacob,  and  fills  the  world  with  her  influence,  as  He 
surely  will,  He  will  do  it  in  his  own  way.     And  this  brings 

us  to  inquire, 

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III.  For  the  instrumentality  which  God  will  employ  for 
this  purpose.  This  point  is  as  simple  as  the  last.  He  will  do 
it  through  the  agencies  which  the  Church  employs.  And  here 
comes  into  view  the  apparently  strange,  and  yet  philosophic  and 
scriptural  idea,  that  the  Church  is  to  arise  and  prevail  through 
her  own  activities.  I  say  philosophical,  for  it  is  similar  to  what 
we  see  in  nature.  God  rears,  matures  and  perfects  the  human 
body,  through  the  means  and  agencies  which  the  body  itself 
employs.  If  it  neglect  those  means — if  it  refuse  sustenance, 
exercise,  rest  and  air — the  channels  through  which  God  com 
municates  vitality,  health  and  increase, — it  ceases  to  grow,  it 
pines  and  dies.  The  idea  is  also  scriptural.  "  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  like  to  a  grain  of  mustard  seed,  which  a  man  took  and 
sowed  in  his  field."  It  was  the  least  of  all  seeds ;  it  became 
the  greatest  among  herbs.  Its  growth  was  from  within,  and 
through  itself.  It  was  by  an  expansion  of  itself  that  it  became 
a  tree,  and  afforded  shade  and  shelter.  In  other  words,  God 
employed  its  mysterious  internal  circulations  as  the  channels 
through  which  he  communicated  vitality  and  increase  to  it. 
So  the  Church  has  within  itself,  the  channels  through  which 
He  will  communicate  life,  growth  and  extension  to  it.  She  is 
the  medium,  and  the  only  medium  of  salvation  to  a  world. 
God  sends  his  message  by  her  mouth.  He  transmits  his  Spirit 
through  her  heart.  He  builds  his  temple  by  her  hands.  As  in 
the  case  of  the  human  body,  He  makes  the  means  necessary 
to  her  existence  minister  to  her  growth ;  and  her  growth  is  the 
salvation  of  the  world. 

By  these  simple  steps,  we  arrive  at  a  full  and  correct  answer 
to  the  inquiry  in  the  text.  The  Church  is  to  arise  from  her 
prostration,  fill  the  earth  with  her  converts  and  influence,  and 
wield  the  dominion  and  destiny  of  the  world,  by  the  great 
power  of  God  working  through  and  by  her  own  instrumentalities. 

Why,  then,  is  not  Jacob  arisen  ?  you  may  ask.  God  is  able 
to  lift  him  up.  His  arm  is  not  shortened  that  it  cannot  save. 
There  is  a  Church,  his  own  constituted  organization  for  the 


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work  to  be  wrought.  The  agent  and  the  instrument  are  both 
ready.  Why,  then,  moves  the  chariot  of  the  gospel  so  tardily  ? 
Why  does  it  not  rush  over  the  earth  like  a  whirlwind  ?  The 
only  satisfactory  solution  of  this  question  is  to  be  found  in  the 
present  disordered  state  of  this  instrumentality.  There  must 
be  not  only  a  medium  of  communication  between  heaven  and 
earth,  but  a  proper  medium.  This  principle  is  as  important 
in  the  spiritual,  as  in  the  natural  world.  You  cannot  send 
electricity  through  the  land  upon  wires  of  glass,  nor  even  upon 
metallic  wires  when  they  lie  stretched  upon  the  ground.  No 
more  can  a  prostrate  Church  conduct  the  electric  fires  of  God's 
truth  and  Spirit  from  heaven  to  earth.  It  must  arise,  come  up 
to  its  proper  position,  and  be  in  contact  with  the  throne,  as  well 
as  with  the  footstool.  When  thus  elevated,  and  the  rust  it  has 
gathered  is  purged  away,  the  light  will  go,  like  electricity,  from 
pole  to  pole,  and  set  the  moral  heavens  all  in  a  blaze.  The 
light  of  the  moon  will  be  as  the  light  of  the  sun,  and  th2  light 
of  the  sun  sevenfold,  as  the  light  of  seven  days. 

The  practical  conclusion  to  which  we  are  brought,  thee,  is 
this:  The  one  thing  needed  to  make  the  gospel  triumphant, 
and  bring  the  world  to  Christ,  is,  A  higher  standard  cf 

PIETY    IN    THE    CHURCH,    A    DEEPER    AND   RICHER    EXPERIENCE 

OP  the  power  of  faith  in  the  soul.  The  bare  statement 
of  this  fact,  however,  is  not  enough.  It  has  been  stated  ten 
thousand  times — confessed  in  ten  thousand  closets  —  stated 
and  confessed,  till  it  has  almost  lost  its  significance.  Men 
want  to  know  how  such  a  cause  is  to  produce  this  result. 
They  want  to  see  the  problem  wrought  out  before  their  eyes. 
Upon  this  point,  therefore,  it  is  necessary  to  bestow  a  few 
thoughts. 

The  Church  has  two  classes  of  instrumentality :  intrusted, 
one  to  the  ministry,  and  the  other  to  the  laity ;  and  it  is  easy 
to  show  how  a  deeper  toned  piety  would  render  more  vigorous 
and  effective  each  of  these  classes.  We  begin,  where  the 
reform  ought  to  begin,  with  the  ministry. 


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In  the  first  place,  it  would  simplify  and  concentrate  its  aim, 
bind  the  minister  to  one  object,  make  his  eye  single,  and  his 
whole  soul  and  life  flow  in  one  channel.  I  do  not  mean  that 
it  would  simply  prevent  him  from  turning  aside  to  other 
pursuits,  as  a  calling.  That,  of  course,  he  will  not  do.  The 
least  that  can  be  expected  is,  that  he  will  keep  to  his  work, 
stand  in  his  watch-tower,  with  the  trumpet  to  his  mouth,  ready 
to  blow  an  alarm  in  God's  holy  mountain  at  the  first  approach 
of  danger.  But  a  quickened  zeal  for  God  would  carry  him  far 
beyond  all  this.  It  would  make  prominent  and  all-engrossing, 
one  single  object  in  his  high  calling.  His  own  reputation  he 
would  forget;  his  ease,  literary  and  scientific  pleasures,  social 
happiness,  and  all  those  minor  things  which  sometimes  distract 
and  debilitate  the  ministry,  would  be  wholly  absorbed  and  lost 
sight  of,  in  his  zeal  for  a  higher  object.  The  salvation  of  souls 
would  be  the  great  burden  and  struggle  of  his  life;  and  his 
ministry,  he  would  regard  as  defective,  and  comparatively 
barren,  if  it  failed  in  this  respect.  The  ordinary  routine  of 
ministerial  labor  would  not  satisfy  him.  The  fact  that  he  had 
faithfully  expounded  the  Scriptures,  brought  beaten  oil  into  the 
temple,  was  accounted  learned,  laborious  and  eloquent,  had 
ministered  consolation  to  the  afflicted,  and  pointed  the  dying  to 
Christ,  in  a  word,  had  acquired  the  reputation  of  a  wise  and 
able  minister  of  the  New  Testament,  all  this  would  not  suffice, 
unless  he  had  had  such  unction  of  spirit,  such  pathos  and  power 
of  utterance,  such  a  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  faith,  as 
had  made  the  word  from  his  lips  like  the  fire  and  hammer  that 
breaketh  the  rock  in  pieces,  and  had  brought  his  hearers  to 
feel  as  he  feels,  that  there  is  but  one  thing  for  them  to  do,  one 
interest  to  take  care  of,  one  world  to  provide  for,  and  that  all 
other  things  are  of  trivial  importance. 

In  the  second  place,  this  quenchless  zeal  for  God  would  not 
only  simplify  the  aim,  but  control  the  themes  of  the  pulpit,  and 
give  character  to  its  ministrations.  The  great,  commanding 
object  would   be   kept   constantly  in   view.     And  in   giving 


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prominence,  weight  and  authority  to  that,  the  godly  minister 
would  show  his  workmanship  and  skill.  While  he  would  admit 
that  all  Scripture  is  given  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is 
to  be  seasonably  and  proportionally  exhibited,  still,  the  saving 
of  the  soul  being  the  supreme  object,  his  weapons  would  be 
selected  with  special  reference  to  that  end.  His  grand  aim 
would  be  to  arrest  attention,  thrust  home  conviction  and  reach 
the  heart.  Idle  speculations  he  would  let  alone ;  first  principles 
speedily  adjust.  Points  which  the  Bible  assumes,  he  would 
not  labor  to  prove.  Among  the  outposts  of  truth,  where  some 
men  spend  their  days,  he  would  make  a  short  stay,  and  come 
at  once  to  the  heart  and  conscience.  His  earnest  spirit,  his 
zeal  for  God,  would  save  the  necessity  and  better  serve  the 
object  of  these  speculations.  Instead,  for  example,  of  a  labored 
argument  to  prove  the  existence  of  a  God,  he  would  bring  so 
much  of  God  into  every  truth  he  announced,  and  every  appeal 
he  made,  as  to  silence  the  sceptic  as  no  logic  could.  Instead 
of  formally  proving  the  inspiration  of  the  Bible,  he  would  make 
the  Bible  inspire  the  infidel  with  faith  in  its  revelations.  Instead 
of  direct  labor  with  the  man  who  disbelieves  there  is  a  hell, 
he  would  array  God's  justice  and  the  sinner's  guilt  in  such  a 
convincing  light  before  him,  as  should  extort  from  him  the 
exclamation,  "I  feel  its  fires  already  within  me."  In  this 
manner,  he  would  sweep  away  false  refuges,  break  up  carnal 
security,  bring  home  God's  law,  hold  up  the  cross,  the  crown, 
and  whatever  in  the  gospel  is  fitted  to  move  and  melt  and 
save  the  soul.  This  'pleasing  men,  this  tickling  itching  ears, 
this  effort  at  rhetorical  flourish,  literary  display,  intellectual 
gratification,  a  deeper  piety  would  at  once  arrest,  and  bring  to 
a  perpetual  end.  The  man  of  God,  burning  with  divine  zeal, 
and  intent  on  saving  the  soul,  can  descend  to  no  such  artifices. 
He  will  please  men,  and  rejoice  to  do  it,  if  they  will  be  pleased 
with  God's  naked  truth.  He  will  gratify  their  taste,  if  they 
love  the  law  and  the  cross.  But  beyond  this  he  cannot  go. 
The  solemnity  and  urgency  of  his  message  forbid  it. 


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In  the  third  place,  such  piety  as  we  speak  of  would  control 
the  manner,  as  well  as  the  matter,  of  preaching.  In  this 
respect,  it  would  revolutionize  the  pulpit,  and  give  it  an  unction, 
energy  and  power,  which  it  does  not  now  generally  possess,  and 
which  it  would  be  hard  to  withstand.  And  this  is  a  point  over 
which  too  much  jealousy  cannot  be  exercised.  If  men  are  to 
be  reached  and  moved  by  things  unseen,  it  will  be  by  earnest 
tones  and  a  spirit  itself  strongly  moved.  To  discourse  upon 
themes  of  everlasting  moment,  in  a  cold,  lifeless  strain — to 
treat  of  the  soul  and  eternity,  death  and  judgment,  heaven  and 
hell,  without  the  moving  of  a  muscle,  or  the  swelling  of  an 
emotion — is  to  lay  our  sincerity  under  suspicion,  and  challenge 
neglect  of  our  message.  If  there  is  an  occasion  on  earth,  upon 
which  the  strong  man  should  bow  himself,  and  his  eye  kindle, 
and  his  heart  be  on  fire,  it  is  when  he  stands  up  between  the 
living  and  the  dead,  to  urge  the  claims  of  God  upon  men.  It 
is  difficult  to  understand  how  any  man,  whose  heart  is  not  dead, 
can  execute  coldly  such  a  commission,  and  let  words,  which  are 
to  be  life  or  death  to  his  hearers,  turn  to  icicles  on  his  lips. 
Look  at  the  fearful  position  he  occupies,  and  the  thoughts 
which  one  would  imagine  would  crowd  his  mind !  Those  faces, 
now  turned  toward  him,  will  soon  gather  paleness ;  those  eyes, 
be  closed  in  death;  those  tongues,  unless  they  soon  cry  for 
mercy,  be  calling  on  rocks  and  mountains ;  those  spirits  which 
now  animate  his  auditory,  be  gone,  —  gone  from  the  sanctuary, 
gone  from  probation,  gone  beyond  hope  and  help;  and  disem- 
bodied, be  dwelling  among  far  other  scenes,  their  account 
scaled,  their  immortality  unalterably  fixed.  And  as  he  looks 
and  thinks,  and  ventures  beyond  the  veil,  and  faith  leads  him 
in,  and  on  and  up,  and  he  sees  the  throne,  the  Judge,  the 
world  assembled,  the  trial  in  progress,  one,  acquitted  and  going 
up  to  his  reward — another,  condemned,  and  sinking  into  the 
flames  below — and  remembers,  these  souls  for  which  J  watch 
will  be  there,  how  can  he  be  calm,  and  cold,  and  stop  to  round 
his   periods,  measure  his  sentences  and  elaborate  his  style? 


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How  can  lie  think  of  anything,  strive  for  anything,  or  be 
satisfied  with  anything,  save  the  outpouring  of  a  heart  bleeding 
and  breaking  with  compassion,  solicitude  and  love  ?  0,  had  we 
a  depeer  love  to  God  and  souls,  what  fire  it  would  breathe  into 
our  logic ;  what  irresistible  energy  and  pathos  into  our  appeals ; 
and  what  power  should  we  be  endowed  with,  to  rouse  the 
sleeper,  and  wake  the  dead. 

In  the  fourth  place,  such  zeal  for  God  would  be  felt,  not 
only  in  the  pulpit,  but  among  the  flock.  The  minister  is  to  be 
not  only  an  embassador,  but  a  pastor.  He  is  not  only  to  teach 
publicly,  but  from  house  to  house ;  and  in  order  to  a  constant, 
earnest  and  skilful  performance  of  this  part  of  his  work,  he 
needs  no  common  measure  of  faith  and  zeal.  In  his  Sabbath 
ministrations,  the  excitement  of  the  occasion,  the  importance 
of  his  message,  the  sanctity  of  the  day,  the  place  and  the  office, 
may  kindle  enthusiasm,  and  inspire  temporary  earnestness  and 
unction ;  but  when  he  comes  down  from  his  watch-tower,  and 
goes  into  the  private  walks  of  life,  and  takes  men  by  the  hand 
to  urge  them,  as  a  friend,  to  break  oif  their  sins  and  turn  to 
God,  nothing  but  a  deep  and  unaffected  love  for  Christ  and 
souls  can  subserve  his  purpose,  and  inspire  arguments  and 
tones  that  will  produce  conviction  and  win  the  heart.  And  for 
one,  I  cannot  doubt,  that  one  strong  reason  why  we  attempt 
so  little  of  this  kind  of  labor,  and  are  so  ineffectual  in  it,  is, 
because  there  is  so  little  of  the  constraining  love  and  grace 
of  Christ  in  our  hearts.  For  no  part  of  our  work  do  we  so 
urgently  need  a  fresh  anointing  from  on  High ;  and  in  no  part 
of  it,  would  the  effects  of  such  anointing  be  more  signal  and 
glorious. 

In  the  light  of  these  brief  remarks,  we  see  how  increased 
piety  in  the  ministry  would  tend  to  the  result  for  which  we 
are  inquiring.  It  would  bring  all  its  forces  up  to  the  main 
point  to  be  secured,  put  into  its  hands  the  best  weapons  which 
the  armory  of  truth  could  furnish,  and  impart  zeal,  nerve  and 
adroitness  in  wielding  them. 


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But  the  ministry  is  not  to  labor  alone,  in  this  work.  The 
laity  is  to  cooperate.  And  our  next  inquiry  is,  how  more 
holiness  on  their  part  would  tend  to  the  same  result  ? 

1.  It  would  hallow,  and  set  in  a  strong  and  convincing  light, 
the  example  of  the  Church.  It  would  make  it  like  a  city  set 
on  an  hill.  In  the  midst  of  all  the  light  that  shines  down  from 
heaven,  the  world  is  in  darkness,  and  stumbling  upon  the 
mountains.  It  needs  illuminating  by  a  godly  example  —  an 
argument,  to  meet  it  in  every  walk  of  life,  on  every  day  of  the 
week — a  light,  from  which  it  cannot  turn  away — a  witness  to 
the  truth,  which  the  pulpit  and  the  press  can  never  summon. 
"  It  sounds,  it  reads,  well,"  says  the  world,  "  it  looks  plausible, 
but  give  us  a  sample  of  the  religion  you  recommend.  Let  us 
see  it  embodied  in  a  living  form,  and  then,  we  believe."  Now, 
how  is  the  Church  to  make  this  exhibition,  and  silence  these 
cavils  ?  Without  holiness,  it  is  a  dead  body.  Without  more 
than  its  present  measure  of  holiness,  it  will  fail  to  make  the 
conviction  strong  and  universal,  that  the  gospel  is  the  great 
power  of  God  and  must  prevail.  But  let  the  breath  of  heaven 
come  from  the  four  winds,  and  blow  upon  it,  vitalizing  its 
dormant  energies,  and  infusing  new  faith  and  hope  into  its 
bosom,  and  it  would  wake  from  its  slumbers,  and  arise  from  the 
dust,  stand  erect  in  the  image  of  God,  and  bear  a  testimony 
which  infidelity  and  unbelief  could  not  invalidate  nor  resist. 

2.  A  more  fervent  piety  would  impel  the  laity  to  the  throne 
of  grace,  and  give  it  power  with  God.  It  would  impart  such 
humble  boldness,  such  vigor  of  faith,  such  earnest  desire  and 
hope,  such  longings  for  God's  glory  and  a  world's  redemption, 
that  it  could  not  rest,  till  the  Highest  should  bow  his  heavens, 
and  come  down  and  make  the  mountains  flow  down  and  the 
nations  tremble  at  his  presence.  And  when  Christians  take 
that  place,  get  imbued  with  that  spirit,  and  begin  to  employ 
that  instrumentality,  know  ye,  that  redemption  is  nigh,  even  at 
the  doors.  The  arm  of  the  Lord  will  awake  as  in  ancient  days, 
and  a  short  work  will  He  make  upon  the  earth.     Great  will  be 


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the  company  of  those  that  publish  salvation.     His  word  will 
run  very  swiftly.     The  Spirit  will  go  forth  with  it,  making  it 
like  the  fire  and   hammer  that  breaketh  the  rock  in  pieces. 
Pagan  temples  will  be  demolished,  heathen  deities  dethroned, 
the  iniquity  of  Jacob  purged  out,  revolution  follow  revolution, 
like  successive  waves  of  the  sea,  the  purposes  of  redemption 
roll  on  to  their  final  accomplishment,  and  the  kingdoms  of  this 
world  become  the  kingdoms  of  Christ.     But,  what  is  the  secret 
upon  which  depends  the  coming  down  of  this  great  power  of 
God  that  is  to  wake  and  save  the  nations?     The  throne  of 
grace  is  nothing  new.     It  has  stood  for  ages.     There  is  nothing 
new  in  the  promise,  "Ask,  and  ye  shall  receive."     Why,  then, 
has  not  that  throne  been  approached,  the  promise  claimed,  and 
the  world  redeemed  ?     The  answer  is  obvious.     There  is  need 
of  a  strength  of  faith,  and  a  depth  and  vigor  of  holiness,  not 
yet  attained.     When  the  Church  is  girded  with  these,  and  goes 
boldly  to  the  throne,  with  her  mouth  full  of  arguments,  and  her 
heartbreaking  with  desire,  and  says,  with  Jacob,  "I  will  not 
let  thee  go,  except  thou  bless  me,"  a  new  era  will  dawn  upon 
the  world.     But, 

3.  Example  and  prayer  are  not  all  that  is  necessary  in 
rebuilding  the  Church.  Though  a  spiritual  kingdom,  it  has 
some  reliance  on  material  things.  It  must  have  pecuniary 
resources.  .Such  is  the  divine  economy.  And  on  this  account, 
Gf-od  made  the  riches  of  this  world.  He  never  opened  such 
numerous  broad  streams  of  wealth,  and  filled  the  bowels  of  the 
earth  with  silver  and  gold,  merely  to  pamper  fleshly  appetites, 
gratify  human  avarice,  and  curse  men,  body  and  soul.  He 
had  other  and  higher  objects  in  view ;  and  it  is  strange  that 
good  men  do  not  see  it.  He  made  these  corruptible  treasures 
to  minister  to  his  incorruptible  kingdom.  He  wants  them  to 
make  Bibles,  to  build  sanctuaries  and  preach  the  gospel  with. 
He  must  have  them.  A  work  is  to  be  wrought,  which  faith 
alone  cannot  accomplish,  though  pure  and  strong  as  Abraham's. 

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The  silver  and  gold  must  go  with  it.     And  at  the  present  day, 
the  demand,  in  this  respect,  is  loud  and  urgent.     The  cause  of 
God  labors  at  this  point,  perhaps,  as  much  as  at  any  other. 
Stint,  curtailment,  embarrassed  operation,  overdrawn  treasuries, 
these  are  the  doleful  complaints  which  come  up  from  every 
quarter,   and   wail   in  every  breeze.     Why  is  it  ?     There  is 
wealth  enough  in  the  Church  to  meet  every  demand,  to  which 
God  has  a  clear  title — wealth,  now  worse  than  thrown  away, 
and  for  want  of  which,  the  world  is  sinking  to  hell.     Then,  why 
this   penury?      This  question  is  sometimes  gravely  discussed 
and   debated   in   the  assemblies   of  the   saints,   and   methods 
proposed,  and   machinery,  and,  I  had  almost  said,   tortures, 
invented  to  "worm  out"  of  the  Church,  the  means  necessary 
to  carry  forward  its  operations.     It  is  all  idle — breath  wasted. 
There  is  but  one  cause  for  this  withholding,  and  but  one  way  to 
effectually  cure  it.     Get  a  man's  heart  open,  and  you  get  his 
purse  open.     Fill  him  with  the  love  of  God,  and  you  empty 
him  of  avarice.     Make  his  soul  overflow  with  benevolence,  and 
his  treasures  will  run  out  with  it.     God  and  Mammon  have  no 
concord.     They  Avill  not  inhabit  the  same  heart  at  the  same 
time.     Let  the  Church  be  filled  with  faith  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  the  silver  and  gold  would  flow  into  the  Lord's  treasury  by 
millions ;  and  if  she  could  not  get  a  sufficiency  in  any  other 
way,  she  would  go  to  California  and  dig  it  out  of  the  depths  of 
the  earth.     We  see,  then,  how  a  supreme  devotion  to  Christ, 
would  bring  up  the  laity  to  the  help  of  the  Lord.     It  would 
give  us  their  wealth,  their  prayers  and  their  example.     More 
than  these,  God  does  not  ask,  nor  the  world  need. 

As  a  practical  conclusion  of  the  whole  matter,  the  subject 
brings  us  all  to  a  single  point,  and  urges  upon  us  one  immediate 
duty.  Whether  ministers  or  laymen,  we  all  need  one  thing, 
and  but  one.  Give  us  this,  and  we  have  all  things  and  abound. 
Deny  us  this,  and  we  are  imbecile,  crippled  and  unfurnished  for 
our  work.     It  is  not  intelligence,  stability,  orthodoxy,  influence, 


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wealth,  numbers,  one  or  all,  that  we  most  need.  More  than  any 
or  all  of  these,  we  need  a  heart  filled  and  fired  with  the  love  of 
God  and  the  compassions  of  Jesus.  And  this  is  an  attainment 
which  we  are  to  make,  not  in  our  associated  capacity — not  as 
a  body — but  each  for  himself.  It  is  a  personal,  individual 
work.  The  motives  to  such  self-consecration  are  before  us. 
The  Church  is  small,  feeble,  prostrate.  Let  us  go  out  and 
view  her  desolations,  at  home  and  abroad  —  in  "The  great 
East,"  and  greater  West — and  let  the  sight  of  our  eyes  affect 
and  stir  our  hearts.  But  let  us  not  despond.  There  is  much 
to  encourage,  as  well  as  humble.  God  is  on  the  throne.  Zion 
is  engraven  on  his  hands.  Her  very  dust  is  precious  in  his 
eyes.  He  is  able  and  willing  to  lift  her  up.  His  arm  is 
outstretched  for  this  purpose.  He  waits  and  calls  for  her 
arising.  The  world  waits,  too,  and  dies  as  it  waits.  One  thing 
only  seems  to  be  wanting  to  bring  deliverance  and  salvation  — 
the  descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit  upon  us  —  a  fresh  application  of 
atoning  blood  to  our  hearts.  Shall  it  be  made?  made  now? 
There  is  no  time  to  lose.  The  harvest  of  the  world  is  ripe, 
and  must  be  garnered  soon,  or  never.  Death  is  busy  at  his 
work.  The  standard-bearers  are  falling.  The  godly  man 
ceaseth,  and  the  faithful  fail  from  among  the  children  of  men. 
The  late  Secretary  of  this  Society  is  gone  since  our  last  annual 
gathering.  His  venerable  form  is  laid  low.  His  wise  counsels 
and  animating  words,  we  hear  no  more.  Others  are  fast 
pressing  on,  in  his  footsteps,  and  all  things  conspire  to  urge  us 
to  gird  ourselves  anew,  and  do  with  our  might,  whatsoever  our 
hand  findeth  to  do. 


FORTY-SECOND    ANNUAL    REPORT 

OF    THE   TRUSTEES    OF    THE 

MAINE  MISSIONARY   SOCIETY, 

AT    THEIR 

ANNUAL    MEETING   IN    BATH,    JUNE    27,    1849. 


In  commencing  their  Report  at  this  Forty-second  Annual  Meeting, 
the  Trustees  would  bring  before  the  Society  the  minute  which  they 
put  upon  their  records,  the  last  winter:  — 

"  The  Trustees  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society,  now  assembled  at  their  semi-annual 
meeting,  are  called  to  mourn,  as  a  body,  the  death  of  their  venerable  Secretary,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Giiaett.  While  their  places  have  been  often  respectively  vacated  and  filled  in  successive 
years,  he  has  been  the  constant  occupant  of  his  office,  from  the  foundation  of  this  Society,  in 
1807,  until  last  October,  a  period  of  more  than  forty -one  years.  He  has  devoted  to  its  service 
the  energy  of  middle  life,  with  the  unimpaired  powers  of  his  declining  days  ;  and  when  his 
80th  summer  had  been  completed,  and  fatal  disease  was  commissioned  to  do  its  work,  he  was 
arrested,  while  still  in  the  service  of  this  Society,  with  his  eye  scarcely  dim,  or  his  natural 
force  abated.  The  Trustees  would  here  record  the  expression  of  their  deep  sense  of  his 
fidelity  and  zeal  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  during  this  long  period.  His  heart,  as 
was  apparent  to  every  one,  was  bound  up  in  the  work  of  Domestic  Missions,  in  promoting 
the  welfare  of  our  feeble  churches,  and  the  comfort  of  the  missionaries  sent  forth  to  their 
aid.  During  his  long  term  of  service,  tbe  Congregational  churches  of  Maine  have  probably 
trebled  in  number  and  in  strength ;  and  it  is  difficult  to  determine  how  much  of  their 
prosperity  has  been  owing,  under  God,  to  the  labors  of  Dr.  Gillett.  The  favor  which  the 
Society  itself  has  ever  possessed,  and  which  has  been  so  long  increasing,  has  been  in  no 
small  measure  secured  for  its  operations,  by  the  personal  respect  universally  felt  for  its  chief 
executive  officer.  His  steadfast  love  for  the  Gospel,  of  which  he  was  so  long  a  minister,  his 
uniform  Christian  courtesy,  his  equanimity  and  cheerfulness  of  spirit,  the  blamelessness  of 
his  daily  conduct,  and  his  devotedness  to  the  work  of  strengthening  our  feeble  churches, 
were  widely  known,  and  were  in  themselves  letters  of  recommendation  to  the  Congregation- 
alists  of  Maine.  His  Annual  Reports,  which  were  so  felicitously  written,  and  so  generally 
admired,  were  but  the  unstudied  exhibition  of  this  happy  assemblage  of  qualities.  While 
the  Trustees  would  heartily  sympathize  with  the  bereaved  family,  they  would  at  the  same 
time  express  their  thankfulness  that  the  life  of  their  venerable  friend  was  so  long  protracted, 
and  also  that  he  was  enabled  to  glorify  God  during  the  weeks  of  his  final  sickness,  and  in  the 
hour  of  death." 

In  this  high  appreciation  of  the  revered  and  beloved  man,  whose 
«'  praise  "  for  so  long  a  time  has  been  "  in  all  our  churches,"  the  members 
and  missionaries  of  this  Society  are  all  ready,  we  are  sure,  most  cordially 

to  unite. 


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"  I  cannot  forbear,"  writes  one  of  our  missionaries,  in  January  last,  "  in  justice  to  my 
own  feelings,  and  to  the  departed,  to  bear  testimony  to  the  exalted  character  and  high 
moral  worth  of  Dr.  Gillett.  I  venerated  him  as  a  father,  and  now  feel  his  loss.  All  the 
communications  which  I  received  from  him,  bore  in  them  the  language  of  kindness  and 
urbanity,  for  which  he  was  so  much  distinguished.  Heaven  grant  that  his  mantle  may  fall 
on  his  successor  in  office." 

The  late  Annual  Report  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
after  speaking  of  Dr.  G.  as  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  for  the  period  of 
forty-one  years,  proceeds  thus  :  — 

"  He  sought  its  prosperity  with  wisdom  and  kindness,  with  energy,  perseverance,  faith, 
and  a  spirit  of  self-sacrifice.  As  the  wants  of  the  destitute,  the  trials  and  privations  of  his 
brethren  were  ever  on  his  heart,  so  words  of  encouragement  and  hope  continually  distilled 
from  his  lips.  The  missionary  work,  which  had  so  engrossed  him  in  life,  and  the  goodness 
of  God,  which  had  so  long  spared  him  to  labor  for  its  advancement,  were  the  last  themes  to 
linger  upon  his  tongue,  as  it  was  trembling  in  death  —  and  to  call  forth  from  his  spirit,  as  it 
was  struggling  for  its  emancipation,  ascriptions  of  praise." 

But  he  is  gone.  And  we,  who  survive  him,  shall  soon  follow.  With 
increased  interest  may  we  consecrate  ourselves  anew  to  the  promotion  of 
that  cause,  which,  with  such  untiring  assiduity,  he  labored  to  promote  ; 
and  may  his  "  appeal "  to  "  the  conscience  and  the  heart  of  every 
individual  Christian  present"  at  our  last  anniversary,  "  and  to  the  whole 
body  of  Christians  in  our  commonwealth,"  now  come  home  to  our  hearts 
with  augmented  force,  urging  us  to  "awake  to  unwonted  effort,  and  to 
render  a  ready  and  willing  obedience  to  the  Saviour's  command,  Go  ye 
into  all  the  world  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature,  beginning  at 
Maine." 

The  Trustees  will  now  present  before  the  Society,  a  summary  view  of 
the  labors  performed  under  their  direction  during  the  past  year. 

ALPHABETICAL  LIST   OF  MISSIONARIES. 

Rev.  Edward  F.  Abbott,  West  Newfield,  7  weeks. 

This  mission  was  at  first  granted  to  the  Rev.  Elias  Chapman,  pastor  of  the  church.  But  he 
being  obliged  to  suspend  his  labors  by  ill  health,  the  commission,  by  his  request  and  that  of 
the  people,  was  given  to  Mr.  Abbott. 

Rev.  John  C.  Adams,  East  Machias,  3  months. 
Rev.  A.  J.  Bates,  Lincoln,  6  months. 

To  the  church  in  this  place  one  has  been  added  by  profession,  and  two  by  letter.  "  Perfect 
harmony  prevails,  and,  I  trust,"  says  the  pastor,  "  that  we  are  not,  as  a  church,  without 
much  spiritual  enjoyment ;  but  we  still  feel  the  need  of  a  reviving  from  on  high  to  make  us 
more  faithful,  and  to  awaken  careless  sinners.  The  people  have  contributed  considerably 
more  for  my  support,  than  the  first  year  I  came.  The  experience  I  have  had  has  impressed 
me  more  and  more  with  the  importance  of  sustaining  this  ground ;  and  without  any  selfish 
feelings  in  the  matter,  I  ardently  hope  it  will  be  sustained.  I  feel  that  it  must  be.  We  have 
wickedness  to  contend  with  in  many  forms ;  but  it  is  giving  way  gradually  before  the 
powerful  influences  of  God's  truth ;  and  I  cannot  but  hope,  that  God  has  greater  designs  of 
good  for  us  in  future. — I  wish  we  had  more  laborers  in  this  vicinity.    One  is  certainly  needed 


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at  Passadumkeag  and  Moluncus,  and  another  to  missionate  up  and  down  our  river,  and 
explore  little  neighborhoods  hack  of  us,  where  other  denominations  do  not  labor." 

Mr.   G.  F.  Bacon,  Jefferson,   Washington  and  Windsor,  6  weeks. 
Rev.  Gilman  Bachellek,  Jonesborough,  7  weeks. 
Rev.  Mighill  Blood,  Freedom,  Thorndike,  and  Swanville,  6  weeks. 
Rev.  Samuel  Bovvker,  Union,  3  months. 
Mr.   William  M.   Boyd,   Weld,  1  month. 

The  people  in  Weld  were  highly  gratified  with  the  services  of  Mr.  Boyd,  and  very  desirous 
of  the  continuance  of  them. 

Mr.  Jonas  Burnham,  North  Augusta,  1   month. 
Rev.  Isaac  Carlton,  Oxford,  6  months. 

"  The  prospect  is  more  hopeful  than  it  was  a  year  since.  We  need  greatly  the  outpouring 
of  the  Spirit,  and  for  this  we  will  not  cease  to  pray." 

Rev.  E.  G.  Carpenter,  Dexter,  21  1-2  weeks. 

"  During  the  winter  past,  there  has  been  some  religious  interest  in  the  village  and  remote 
districts  of  the  town.  Several  hopeful  conversions  have  occurred  in  each  of  the  religious 
societies.  Evangelical  principles  have  gained  something,  we  trust ;  and  incorruptible  seed 
has  been  sown,  which,  in  God's  own  time,  will  enable  the  servants  of  Christ  to  return, 
rejoicing,  bearing  their  sheaves  with  them." 

Rev.  A.  P.  Chute,  Harrison,  10  1-2  weeks. 

"  A  few  connected  with  the  society,  have  recently  expressed  the  hope,  that  they  were 
renewed  in  spirit ;  and  as  yet  nothing  has  transpired  to  render  doubtful  the  genuineness  of 
their  conversion." 

Rev.  Dana  Clayes,  Mercer  and  vicinity,  1  month,  and  Swanville,  3 
months. 

';  I  can  say  with  all  my  heart,"  writes  Mr.  Clayes,  while  at  Swanville,  "  that  the  M.  S. 
have  done  right  in  sending  help  to  this  place.  My  reasons  are,  1st,  it  is  eminently  needed. 
The  mass  of  the  people  seem  to  be  perishing  for  lack  of  knowledge.  Some  five  years  had 
passed,  since  any  stated  preaching  of  the  Gospel  was  enjoyed ;  and  very  little  moral  light 
was  diffused  in  other  ways  2.  No  stated  preaching  is  sustained  by  other  denominations. 
3.  The  attention  given  to  the  means  of  grace,  has.  been  quite  as  good  as  could  reasonably  be 
expected.  4.  A  number  of  families,  connected  with  Searsport  church,  can  be  much  more 
conveniently  accommodated  at  Swanville.  5.  there  are  some  two  or  three  females  in 
Swanville  who  are  eminently  alive  for  God.  One  seems  to  have  worn  herself  out  in  the 
Lord's  service.  Though  in  moderate  circumstances,  she  has  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the 
Lord,  for  various  benevolent  objects,  within  a  few  years,  more  than  six  hundred  dollars.  A 
sermon  from  Dr.  Gillett,  preached  at  Swanville,  a  number  of  years  ago,  from  Exodus  14 :  15, 
seems  to  have  been  the  commencement  of  her  missionary  zeal." 

Rev.  Sumner  Clark,  Unity,  21  1-2  weeks/ 

In  April  last  Mr.  Clark  was  dismissed,  and  the  church  is  now  destitute  of  a  pastor. 

Rev.  Thomas  W.  Clark,  Phillips  and  vicinity,  21  1-2  weeks. 

In  October  last,  Mr.  Clark  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  Phillips.  Of  late  he 
has  been  preaching  half  the  time  in  Weld.  In  Phillips,  "  many  of  the  saints  have  been 
quickened.  A  large  number  of  young  persons  seem  to  be  interested  in  the  services  of  the 
sanctuary.    Eleven  persons  intend  to  join  the  church  by  letter,  and  two  by  profession." 

Rev.  Albert  Cole,  Winslow,  14  weeks. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Conant,  Chesterville  and  Fayette,  14  weeks. 


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Mr.  J.  B.  Cook,  Glenburn,  4  weeks. 

"  During  the  year  past  they  have  had  no  stated  preaching  of  any  kind ;  and,  as  might 
naturally  be  expected,  error  and  irreligion  prevail.  But  there  are  some  who  truly  love 
the  cause  of  Christ,  and  mourn  over  the  desolations  of  Zion.  They  have  as  yet  no  meeting 
house.  A  Sabbath  school  it  is  expected  will  be  organized  upon  the  next  Sabbath,  (June  10th,) 
and  an  effort  will  be  made  to  sustain  preaching  during  a  part,  at  least,  of  the  summer." 

Mr.  Hiram  C.  Daniels,  Kennebunkport,  10  1-2  weeks. 

The  labors  of  Mr.  Daniels  with  this  people  have  ceased,  and  they  have  extended  au 
unanimous  invitation  to  Rev.  John  Baker  to  become  their  pastor. 

Rev.   William  Davenport,  Strong  and  vicinity,  27  weeks. 

The  new  meetinghouse  in  Strong  is  nearly  completed,  and  much  benefit  is  anticipated 
from  "  concentrating  the  ministrations  of  the  Gospel  in  one  place,  instead  of  their  being 
scattered  and  broken  up  in  fragments,  as  they  have  been  hitherto.  The  past  year  has  been, 
on  some  accounts,  to  the  church  and  to  him  who  has  ministered  among  them,  a  year  of 
severe  trial ;  but  their  prospects  are  now  brightening.  Two  cases  have  occurred  of  hopeful 
conversion." 

Rev.  Timothy  Davis,  Litchfield,  7  weeks. 

"  Three  families,  during  the  year,  have  removed  from  this  place,  taking  from  our  church 
five  members.  Another  family  is  to  move  next  week,  in  which  both  the  parents  are  church 
members.  There  has  been  one  addition  to  the  church  of  a  man  over  seventy  years  of  age. 
There  have  been  two  conversions  recently  —  one,  a  promising  young  man,  the  other,  a  girl 
about  16  years  of  age,  who  is  not  expected  to  live  long.  There  is  some  waking  up  in  the 
church  ;  and  some  seriousness  on  the  minds  of  a  few  among  the  youth." 

Air.  John  K.  Deering,  Shirley,  and  Grenville,  at  the  foot  of  Moose 
Head  Lake,  4  weeks. 

Mr.  Deering  spent  two  weeks  at  each  of  these  two  places.  In  Shirley,  there  are  six  or  eight 
Congregational  professors  ;  in  Grenville,  but  one.  "  In  Shirley,"  when  Mr.  D.  left,  the  last 
of  May,  "  there  had  been  four  or  five  hopeful  conversions,  and  the  interest  still  continued." 

Rev.  John  Dodd,  Turner,  10  1-2  weeks. 

On  the  first  Sabbath  in  July  last,  thirteen  united  with  the  church  on  the  profession  of 
their  faith,  who  were  the  fruits  of  a  revival  reported  at  the  last  anniversary.  "  This  spring, 
again  the  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit  have  gently  fallen  upon  us,  and  several  have  indulged 
a  hope.  Ten  now  stand  propounded,  and  expect  to  unite  with  the  church  next  Sabbath. 
There  has  never  before  been  so  deep  a  feeling  in  the  church,  since  I  have  been  connected 
with  them,  as  for  a  few  weeks  past.  The  converts  appear  well,  and  are  evidently  growing  in 
grace,  Most  of  them  are  members  of  the  Sabbath  school.  There  is  among  us  an  increased 
willingness  to  give  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel.  Their  subscriptions  are  larger  than  the 
year  before  ;  and  they  have  nearly  completed  the  building  of  a  parsonage." 

Rev.  Samuel  S.  Drake,  Biddeford,  15  weeks. 

Under  date  of  June  1st,  Mr.  Drake  writes:  —  "During  the  past  winter,  the  church  was 
greatly  revived,  and  received  an  impulse,  which,  we  hope,  it  will  never  lose.  As  a  conse- 
quence, the  house  of  God  has  been  made  more  attractive  and  inviting ;  the  number  of 
hearers  has  been  increased ;  a  spirit  of  benevolence  awakened  ;  our  prospects  for  doing  good 
enlarged,  and  our  hopes  strengthened.  —  I  was  installed  May  19th." 

Mr.  G.   W.  Dunmore,  Weston,  6  weeks. 

A  good  lady  from  Bangor  has  been  teaching  a  school  in  this  place  during  the  winter,  and 
her  labors  have  been  greatly  blessed.  Some  fifteen  or  more  have  indulged  the  hope,  that 
they  have  become  the  disciples  of  Jesus,  and  give,  as  the  missionary  thinks,  very  fair 


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evidence  of  having  been  regenerated.  While  he  was  there,  two  or  three  thought  they  had 
passed  from  death  to  life.  One  of  whom  was  a  thoughtless  young  woman  who  dated  her 
convictions  from  the  first  Sabbath  he  preached  there. 

Rev.  Joshca  Eaton,  Lee,  Springfield  and  Carroll,  12  months.  Bur- 
lington was  also  included  in  his  field  of  labors,  until  the  first  of  November 
last. 

"  Some  cases  of  seriousness  were  found,  in  the  earliar  part  of  the  season,  in  one  of  our 
schools  in  Lee  ;  and  at  least  one  case  occurred  of  hopeful  conversion.  The  Sunday  schools, 
both  in  Lee  and  Springfield,  have  been  attended  with  more  than  usual  interest ;  and  in  the 
latter  place  it  was  decided  to  keep  up  a  Bible  class  through  the  winter.  Prejudices  agains 
our  order  are  subsiding ;  and  there  is  strong  encouragement  to  labor  in  hope  of  futuret 
results.  The  people  are  mostly  rather  poor,  as  new  settlements  usually  are ;  and  to  board  a 
missionary  and  his  horse,  is  nearly  as  much  as  they  can  well  do.  The  church  consists  of  17 
members  — six  of  them  in  Lee,  five  in  Springfield,  four  in  Carroll,  and  two  in  No.  Four,  a 
township  north  of  Carroll.  There  are  other  settlements  in  this  vicinity,  that  have  been 
destitute  of  preaching  for  months,  which  I  have  been  solicited  repeatedly  to  visit,  but  have 
not  been  able.    Contributions  to  Missionary  Society  amount  to  $12  75. 

Rev.  Manning   Ellis,  Brooksville,  (2  churches)  7  weeks. 
Under  date  of  15th  of  June,  instant,  Mr.  Ellis  thus  writes  — "I  hope  it  is  not  without 
heartfelt  joy  and  gratitude,  that  I  am  enabled,  at  the  close  of  this  missionary  year,  to 
communicate  more  interesting  intelligence,  than  I  have  for  some  years  past. 

God  has  in  great  mercy  visited  the  Brooksville  church,  the  past  winter  and  spring,  with 
the  special  influences  of  his  Spirit.  Sometime  in  February,  the  church  held  a  protracted 
meeting,  in  connexion  with  our  Methodist  brethren,  which  continued,  without  much 
cessation,  for  nearly  three  weeks. 

Immediately  after  the  meeting  commenced,  the  Holy  Spirit  appeared  to  be  striving  with 
many. 

Professed  Christians  were  much  awakened  from  a  state  of  spiritual  lethargy,  which  had 
been  brooding  over  them  for  a  long  time.  They  were  much  broken  down  under  a  sense  of 
their  criminal  backslidings  ;  and  were  brought  to  intercede  earnestly  at  the  throne  of  grace 
in  behalf  of  the  impenitent,  and  especially  for  their  own  households.  Their  prayers  were 
heard;  they  experienced  in  a  good  degree  answers  to  their  supplications.  Many  were 
convicted,  and  we  trust  were  converted.  The  whole  number  hopefully  converted  I  cannot 
tell.  Some  over  thirty  have  united  with  the  Methodists.  Seven  have  united  with  tbe 
Congregational  church,  and  we  expect  as  large  a  number  to  come  forward  at  our  next 
communion. 

Christians,  who  have  been  for  a  long  time  so  much  at  variance  as  not  to  commune  together, 
have  been  brought  to  confess  their  faults  one  to  another,  and  again,  in  company  to  come  to 
the  table  of  the  Lord.  In  the  other  church  in  this  place  there  has  been  no  particular  interest. 
,  A  few  individuals,  however,  appear  to  be  mourning  over  the  desolations  of  Zion  here,  and 
are  agonizing  in  prayer  that  God  would  appear  among  them  by  the  special  influences  of  his 
Spirit.  Our  congregation  on  the  Sabbath  is  much  larger  than  it  has  been,  and  is  increasing 
every  Sabbath.  Our  social  meetings  are  also  much  better  attended ;  and  a  deep,  solemn 
feeling  appears  to  rest  on  the  minds  of  many." 

Mr.  R.  W.  Emerson,  Aroostook  County,  12  months. 

In  Hodgdon  there  has  been  decided  progress  in  the  Temperance  cause.  Interesting 
meetings  are  held  every  month.  At  New  Limerick,  the  attendance  upon  preaching  has  been 
very  good,  though  there  are  but  two  church  members.  At  Monticello,  some  who  once 
neglected  meetings,  now  attend  with  considerable  constancy.  "  The  field  in  this  county  is 
great,  and  the  labor  very  arduous." 

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Rev.  A.  W.  Fjske,  Houlton,  3  months. 

Rev.  Jonas  Fiske,  Lisbon,  14  weeks. 

Mr.  Fiske  has  recently  closed  his  labors  at  Lisbon,  and  is  now  supplying  the  church  in 
Durham. 

Rev.  John  P.  Foster,  Sweden,  14  weeks. 

"  The  number  in  the  church  has  been  enlarged  by  the  admission  of  five  by  letter,  and 
will  be  by  two  through  profession,  at  our  next  communion.  A  very  good  degree  of  Christian 
harmony  prevails.  A  Sabbath  school  exists,  of  about  sixty,  with  good  hopes  of  increase. 
Contributions  to  benevolent  objects,  during  the  past  year,  have  been,  it  is  believed,  more 
than  double  those  of  any  previous  year ;  and  the  number  attending  on  the  Sabbath  has  been 
increased,  and  been  more  regular,  uniform  and  attentive.  More  seriousness  has  existed  for 
some  months  ;  and  some  20  or  more  instances  of  conversion  are  thought  to  have  occurred 
among  our  brethren,  the  Freewill  Baptists." 

Mr.  George  Gannett,  Weld,  3  weeks. 

Rev.  John  H.  Garman,  Limington  and  vicinity,  18  weeks. 

"  A  good  degree  of  external  prosperity.  Many  of  the  church  begin  to  feel  the  importance 
and  duty  of  returning  again  to  the  Lord  ;  and  we  now  have  weekly  meetings  for  conference 
and  prayer.  Our  object  is,  in  the  first  place,  to  stir  up  each  other  ;  and  then  to  seek  to  purify 
the  church  by  rectifying,  as  far  as  is  possible,  all  that  is  not  according  to  godliness.  One  has 
been  added  to  the  church,  during  the  year,  by  profession.  A  larger  number  of  children  have 
been  presented  in  baptism,  than  for  many  years  past." 

Rev.  Joshua  S.  Gay,  Andover  and  vicinity,  14  weeks. 

"  Difficulties  in  the  church  have  had  a  most  unhappy  influence ;  yet  we  trust  that  progress 
—  real,  healthy  progress  —  has  been  made." 

Rev.  David  Gerry,  Brownfield,  Hiram  and   Denmark,  18  weeks. 

Mr.  Gerry  labors  half  of  the  time  in  Brownfield,  and  one  fourth  in  each  of  the  other 
places.  "  One  instance  of  hopeful  conversion,  others  serious,  and  an  increased  attendance 
upon  the  means  of  grace." 

Mr.  Lewis  Goodrich,  Dedham,  8  1-3  weeks. 

Mr.  Goodrich  has  been  supplying  in  this  place  since  last  November.  Under  date  of  March 
24th,  he  writes  :  —  "  The  little  church  here  is  making  great  sacrifices  to  sustain  the  preaching 
of  the  Gospel  all  the  time.  With  help  now,  for  a  little  while,  they  will  be  able  to  stand  alone. 
Everything  appears  prosperous ;  and  we  have  some  indications  that  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
is  really  with  us." 

Rev.  Stephen  Gould,  Poland,  7  weeks. 

"  The  average  number  in  attendance  on  public  worship  is  larger  than  it  was  a  year  ago  ; 
and  there  seems  to  be  more  harmony  of  feeling  in  the  church.  A  Sabbath  school  has  been 
organized  for  the  first  time  in  many  years." 

Rev.  Eusebius  Hale,  Piscataquis  County,  26  weeks. 

In  January  last,  Mr.  Hale  speaks  of  several  hopeful  conversions  —  of  two  persons  that  had 
united,  and  others  expecting  to  unite  to  the  church  in  Atkinson ;  and  of  one  propounded 
for  admission  to  the  church  in  Sangerville.  In  a  communication  under  date  of  the  15th 
jnst.,  he  says :  —  "I  preached  last  Sabbath  at  the  town  of  Shirley,  near  the  foot  of  the  lake, 
and  find  that  there  have  been  some  eight  or  ten  cases  af  hopeful  conversion,  with  very  little 
means.     These  cases  are  very  decided  and  interesting  —  a  very  evident  work  of  God." 

Rev.  Ansel  D.   Harris,  Standish,  9  1-2  weeks. 

Mr.  Harris  was  ordained  to  the  pastoral  care  of  the  church  in  Standish,  on  the  20th  of 
October  last. 


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Rev.  Stephen  H.  Hayes,  Frankfort,  14  weeks. 

"  The  exclusive  use  and  control  have  been  secured  of  a  commodious  house  of  worship. 
Congregation  increased,  and  external  prospects  more  encouraging  than  at  any  former  period. 
Ten  persons  received  into  the  church  —  five  of  them  by  profession.  Two  Sabbath  school 
teachers  hopefully  converted.  We  hope  the  day  is  not  far  distant,  when  we  can  exist  without 
aid  from  the  Maine  Missionary  Society." 

Rev.  Israel  Hills,  Dixmont  and  Plymouth,  12  weeks. 

Increased  interest  in  Sabbath  schools. 

Rev.  Morris  Holman,  2d  church  in  York,   12  weeks. 

The  parsonage  is  completed  and  paid  for,  and  the  minister  is  in  possession  of  it. 

Rev.  William  L.  Hyde,  Gardiner,  13  weeks. 

This  mission  was  given  to  Mr.  Hyde  while  yet  a  licentiate.  On  the  13th  of  May,  he  wa« 
ordained,  with  fair  prospects  of  usefulness.  The  Society,  however,  will  still  need,  though 
not,  it  is  hoped,  much  longer,  missionary  aid.    Mr.  H.  reports  four  hopeful  conversions. 

Rev.  Horatio  Ilsley,  Monson,  14  weeks. 

"  I  have  been  greatly  encouraged  the  past  year,  by  the  unanimity  of  feeling  and  effort  in 
the  church,  and  the  regular  attendance  upon  the  means  of  grace  by  the  people.  The  weekly 
meetings  of  the  church  were  all  sustained.  No  church  in  the  county  does  so  much  for 
benevolent  objects,  as  the  church  in  Monson." 

Mr.  Lewis  Jessup,  East  Orrington,  4  weeks. 

Until  January  last,  this  place  was  supplied  one  half  the  time  by  Rev.  Thomas  Smith. 
Since  then,  his  labors  have  been  confined  to  the  lower  village  in  Brewer.  Mr.  Jessup  "  found 
a  flourishing  Sabbath  school,  many  warm-hearted  Christians,  and  some  sincere  inquirers." 
But  "these  good  tendencies  were  counteracted  by  an  unhallowed  contention."  On  the 
whole,  however,  he  found  "  much  to  encourage." 

Rev.  Marcus  R.  Keep,  Aroostook  and  Penobscot  Counties,  26  weeks. 

It  was  expected  that  Mr.  Keep  would  spend  the  whole  year  as  an  itinerant  missionary  in 
this  region,  making  his  head  quarters  at  No.  XI ;  but  in  December  he  made  an  arrangement 
to  labor  with  the  people  at  Burlington  and  Passadumkeag,  alternately,  for  one  year.  "  By 
this  arrangement  I  have  accomplished  one  thing  to  my  entire  satisfaction,  and  that  is,  getting 
a  reasonable  part  of  my  support  on  the  ground.  I  am  confident  that  the  evils  of  gratuitous 
preaching  sent  by  our  Society,  when  the  people  are  able  and  ought  to  pay  for  their  own,  are 
not  sufficiently  known." 

Rev.  Reuben  Kimball,  Kittery  Point,  14  weeks. 

Amount  contributed  to  objects  of  benevolence,  during  the  year,  $33  71,  besides  weekly 
contributions  in  the  Sabbath  school  to  pay  for  the  library. 

Rev.  Wales  Lewis,  Whitefield,  3  weeks. 

"  But  little  preaching  in  this  town  for  some  time  past.  There  are  many  people  who  desire 
a  better  state  of  things,  and  a  considerable  number  who  wish  to  have  preachers  of  our 
denomination." 

Rev.  Allen  Lincoln,  Gray,  21  1-2  weeks. 

"  This  church  has  been  always  small  and  feeble,  and  still  needs  assistance.  But  they  are 
determined  to  make  greater  sacrifices  in  future,  and  if  possible  to  get  along  with  smaller 
appropriations.  A  few  hopeful  conversions  —  and  some  ten  or  twelve  now  deeply  interested. 
The  interest  is  evidently  increasing,  especially  in  the  Sabbath  school.  A  parsonage  has  been 
provided,  and  $50  contributed  to  the  Maine  Missionary  Society." 

Mr.  Eli  P.  Littlefield,  Kirkland  and  Kilmarnock,  4  weeks. 


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Rev.  Amasa  Lorikg,  Shapleigh,  7  weeks  —  Lyman,  5  weeks. 
Mr  Loring  left  the  people  of  Shapleigh  the  last  winter,  after  continuing  with  them  more 
than  seven  years,  with  reluctance,  but  from  a  conviction  of  duty,  and  is  now  a  stated  supply 
in  Lyman ;  where  he  reports  "  an  improved  state  of  religious  feeling,  the  Sabbath  school 
commencing  with  favorable  auspices,  and  more  than  70  dollars  expended  upon  the  house  of 
worship." 

Rev.  H.  S.  Loring,  Aurora  and  Amherst,  13  weeks. 

Rev.  Asa  T.  Loring,  Skowliegan  and  South  Solon,  6  weeks. 
Mr.  Loring  commenced  his  labors  in  these  two  places  the  last  February.  He  finds  in 
Skowhegan,  "  a  large,  enterprising,  and  rapidly  growing  community."  The  church  is  small, 
but  "  united  and  devoted,  willing  to  do  everything  they  can  for  the  cause  of  Christ.  In  a 
district,  where  some  of  its  members  live,  two  miles  from  the  village,  there  is,  at  present, 
(May  11th)  au  interesting  work  in  progress.  We  received  two  additions  yesterday,  by  letter; 
and  expect,  in  a  few  days,  to  receive  several  more,  both  by  letter  and  profession.  The  people 
in  South  Solon  are  taking  a  deeper  interest  in  the  things  of  religion,  and  many  of  them  are 
considerably  revived." 

Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill,  Fort  Fairfield  and  vicinity,  12  months. 

In  consequence  of  the  situation  of  his  family,  Mr.  Merrill  has  spent  in  his  "  Northeastern 
field,"  during  the  year  past,  somewhat  less  than  six  months.  "I  have  seen,"— he  says, 
—  ''increasing  evidence  of  the  deplorable  consequences  resulting  from  an  ignorant  and 
erroneous  ministry ;  and  of  the  vast  importance  of  evangelic  instruction,  faithfully  and 
perseveringly  communicated.  There  is,  in  the  Aroostook,  a  wide-spread  tendency  to 
infidelity;  traceable,  in  many  instances,  to  the  open  apostasies  of  many  who  once  made 
high  professions  of  devotion  to  the  cause  of  Christ  —  of  some  who  once  professed  to  be  his 
ministers.  On  the  other  hand,  there  is  an  increased  conviction  on  the  minds  of  the  more 
sober  part  of  the  community,  of  the  value  of  an  intelligent,  holy  ministry  ;  and  an  increased 
willingness,  if  circumstances  would  permit,  to  contribute  to  sustain  it.  Seversl  cases  of 
hopeful  conversion  have  occurred  in  this  field  within  the  last  quarter.  (March  27th.)  One 
.has  been  added  to  the  church  in  Letter  F,  and  several  others  are  expected  to  offer  themselves 
to  that  and  the  other  churches.  The  good  cause  requires,  that  two  good  men  be  on  this  wide 
.field,  to  hold  stated  meetings  on  the  Sabbath  in  important  neighborhoods,  as  often  as  once  in 
three  weeks  the  year  through.  Men  with  families  would  in  part  be  sustained  (by  labor  and 
produce)  by  the  people." 

Rev.  Enos  Merrill,  Mechanic  Falls,  14  weeks. 

"  I  have  cherished  the  hope."  writes  Mr.  Merrill,  under  date  of  the  11th  inst,  "  that  the 
Holy  Spirit  has  granted  some  precious  influences  to  the  church  for  several  months  past. 
Recently,  a  few  persons  in  the  congregation  have  evinced  an  increasing  degree  of  thoughtful- 
ness  and  feeling  in  regard  to  their  spiritual  state.  Three  give  considerable  evidence  that  they 
have  become  the  subjects  of  a  gracious  change." 

Rev.  John  H.  Merrill,  Sedgwick,  24  weeks. 

Mr.  Merrill  was  ordained  in  Sedgwick  on  the  16th  ult.  (May.)  "  There  has  been  no  special 
religious  interest  in  the  Society,  though  some  minds  have  been  more  tender  than  usual.  The 
general  state  of  religion  in  the  community  is  improved. 

Rev.  Stephen  Merrill,  Acton,  14  weeks. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Merrill,  Old-Town,  6  months. 

"Marked  improvement"  in  the  increased  attendance  on  public  worship,  and  on  the 
Sabbath  school,  and  in  the  progress  of  temperance.  "  Prospect  of  building  up  a  strong 
society,  able  and  willing  to  support  the  Gospel,  never  more  encouraging  than  at  present." 

Rev.  Alfred  Morse,  Cooper  and  Pembroke,  17  weeks. 


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"In  October  last,  the  County  Conference  held  its  session  in  Cooper.  The  Spirit's  power 
was  manifested.  The  church  was  revived,  and  sinners  awakened.  After  the  Conference,  I 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings,  preaching  every  evening  for  some  weeks.  During  the 
Autumn  a  deep  seriousness  pervaded  the  public  mind.  There  have  been  twelve  hopeful 
conversions.  The  last  Sabbath,  (June  7th,)  six  persons  were  added  to  the  church,  making 
eight  who  have  made  public  profession  during  the  year. 

There  has  been  one  hopeful  conversion  in  Pembroke;  and  some,  who  had  previously 
indulged  hope,  have  given,  by  repentance,  better  evidence  of  a  change  of  heart." 

Rev.  Alpha  Morton,  Skowliegan  and  South  Solon,  8  weeks  —  Temple, 
5  weeks. 

■  A  portion  of  the  church  revived,  (in  Temple,)  and  several  persons  anxious.'* 

Rev.  C.  M.  Nichols,  Gardiner,  4  weeks. 

This  mission  was  given  to  Mr.  N.  soon  after  the  relinquishment  of  his  pastoral  charge  by 
Rev.  J.  W.  Peet. 

Rev.  Woostek  Parker,  Foxcroft,  14  weeks. 

"  The  church  have  got  along  very  harmoniously  —  the  attendance  upon  public  worship 
better  as  to  numbers  and  regularity  than  formerly,  and  the  society  is  gaining  in  public 
estimation.  Three  or  four  have  been  received  to  the  church  by  letter,  and  two  on  profession." 

Rev.  R.  Parkinson,  Cape  Elizabeth,  21  1-2  weeks. 

Mr.  Parkinson  was  ordained  on  the  18th  of  October  last,  with  much  fairer  prospects  than 
have  existed  heretofore,  of  a  growing  and  flourishing  society. 

Mr.  John  Parsons,  Washington  County,  26  weeks. 

Mr.  Parsons  was  commissioned  to  labor  as  an  itinerant  missionary  in  the  eastern  part 
of  the  State,  at  the  suggestion  and  under  the  direction  of  a  committee  of  the  Washington 
Conferenee  —  in  the  expectation  that  the  people  would  defray  one  half  of  the  expense.  His 
labors  have  been  very  acceptable.  Of  late  his  ministrations  have  been  divided  between 
Columbia  and  the  new  and  thriving  town  of  Millbridge. 

Rev.  John  Perham,  Madison  and  Anson,  14  weeks. 

Two  have  been  received  in  the  church  at  Madison  by  profession.  The  cause  of  Temperance 
here  and  in  the  county  is  advancing,  through  systematic  exertions  to  prevent  the  sale  of 
intoxicating  liquors. 

"  At  the  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Somerset  Conference,  holden  in  Anson  the  first  of 
March  last,  a  very  interesting  revival  commenced  in  that  place,  which  has  resulted  in  the 
hopeful  conversion  of  several  individuals.  Including  a  few,  who  had  before  indulged  some 
hope,  but  had  not  been  satisfied  with  their  evidence  of  acceptance  with  God,  it  would  be 
safe,  perhaps,  to  state  that  about  twenty  have  become  the  hopeful  subjects  of  renewing  grace, 
since  the  work  commenced,  nearly  one  half  of  whom  are  heads  of  families.  Others  are 
apparently  anxious  for  their  souls ;  the  work  has  been  characterized  by  great  stillness, 
pungent  convictions,  a  remarkably  clear  evidence  of  conversion,  and  consequently  great 
peace  in  believing.  On  the  last  Sabbath,  (June  10th,)  five  of  these  converts  were  received 
into  the  Congregational  church.  Others,  it  is  supposed,  will  be  admitted  in  due  time.  The 
Baptist  church  will  also  share  in  the  fruits  of  this  blessed  work.  We  feel  that  the  Lord  has 
done  great  things  for  us ;  and  it  is  meet  that  we  should  be  glad  in  His  name." 

Rev.  John  A.  Perry,  Orono,  14  weeks. 

In  a  communication,  dated  May  28th,  Mr.  Perry  expresses  the  apprehension  that  in 
consequence  of  "a  division  in  the  church,  and  much  poverty,"  his  connection  with  that 
people  will  soon  be  dissolved. 

Rev.  William  Pierce,  Lyman,  3  weeks. 


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Mr.  Daniel  F.  Potter,  Houlton,  3  months. 

Mr.  Potter's  services  at  Houlton  have  given  good  satisfaction,  and  a  strong  desire  has 
been  expressed  for  his  continuance  with  them.  By  deaths  and  removals,  and  the  general 
stagnation  of  business,  the  pecuniary  strength  of  the  church  and  society  has  been  materially 
diminished,  so  that  at  present  they  can  scarcely  do  anything  more  than  furnish  a  missionary 
with  board.  There  are  still,  however,  a  precious  few  in  Houlton,  who  love  the  ordinances  of 
the  Gospel,  and  cannot  bear  to  be  deprived  of  them.  In  the  Aroostook  region,  Houlton  is 
the  center  of  influence ;  and  it  seems  highly  important,  that  an  enlightened  and  efficient 
ministry  should  be  sustained  there. 

Rev.  Henry  Richardson,  Gilead,  7  weeks. 

Mr.  Richardson's  connection  with  the  church  in  Gilead  has  recently  been  dissolved. 
Rev.  John  Sawyer,  Penobscot  County,  4  weeks. 

This  venerable  servant  of  Christ,  at  the  advanced  age  of  94,  still  loves  to  preach  the 
Gospel,  and  the  people  of  God  are  edified  by  his  ministrations. 

Rev.  Joxham  Sevvall,  Franklin  County,  12  weeks. 

Upon  no  one  might  the  title  of  bishop  of  Maine  have  been  conferred  with  more  propriety, 
on  account  of  widely-extended  visits  and  labors,  than  upon  this  revered  and  beloved  man. 
To  but  few  ministers  of  Christ  might  a  larger  number  of  persons  give  the  appellation  in  its 
best  sense,  of  their  "  father  in  God,"  than  to  him.  Though  he  has  entered  upon  the  90th 
year  of  his  life,  yet  his  "  natural  force  "  has  not  been,  until  of  late,  very  perceptibly  abated. 
In  fulfilling  his  mission  the  last  autumn,  he  travelled  372  miles,  preached  80  times,  made  150 
family  visits,  attended  7  conference  meetings,  administered  the  Lord's  supper  three  times, 
baptized  1  adult  and  2  children,  visited  a  few  Sabbath  schools  and  other  schools,  attended 
one  association,  and  assisted  in  ordaining  Mr.  Clark  in  Phillips. 

Rev.   William  S.  Sewall,  Brownville,  14  weeks 

"  Some  advance  during  the  year.  A  portion  of  the  church  revived.  Two  or  three  hopeful 
conversions.  Congregation  rather  on  the  increase,  and  a  deep  solemnity  at  times  pervading 
it    Ninety  dollars  contributed  to  benevolent  objects." 

Rev.  N.  W.  Sheldon,  Vassalboro,  Sidney  and  Fairfield,  10  2-3  weeks. 

Rev.  Thomas  Smith,  Orrington,  5  1-3  weeks. 

Rev.  Joseph  Smith,  Wilton  and  vicinity,  10  2-3  weeks. 
"  There  has  been,  during  the  winter  and  spring,  considerable  religious  interest.    In   the 
larger  villages,  several  are  now  indulging  hopes  ;  most  of  them  are  members  of  our  society." 

Mr.  Charles  B.  Smith,  Weld,  2  weeks  —  Levant,  15  weeks. 

At  Levant  Mr.  Smith  preaches  upon  the  Sabbath,  one  half  of  the  time  at  the  village,  the 
other  half  in  the  south  part  of  the  town,  and  lectures  in  six  or  eight  neighborhoods  besides. 
"  One  individual  stands  propounded  for  admission  to  the  church,  and  several  others  are 
expected  to  unite  with  us  soon." 

Mr.  Benjamin  G.  Snow,  Carmel  and  Hermon,  4  weeks. 

Rev.  Samuel  Souther,  North  Belfast,  6  months. 

"  Since  my  first  Sabbath  with  this  people,  in  December,  1846,"  writes  Mr.  Souther,  under 
date  of  the  7th  inst.,  "  but  one  meeting  opposed  in  its  interests  to  our  own,  has  been  held  — 
and  that  during  the  first  month  of  my  labors.  Since  that  time,  the  first  symptoms  of  divided 
interests  have  not  appeared  among  us.  This  results,  in  a  great  measure,  from  the  wisdom  of 
the  society  in  aiding  to  sustain  preaching  without  intermission.  The  doors  of  our  sanctuary 
open  every  Sabbath  day  to  receive  all  of  our  community  who  choose  to  enter  ;  and  in  our 
congregation,  and  among  those  contributing  to  our  support,  are  found  those  who  hold  quite 
a  diversity  of  religious  tenets." 


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Rev.  Samuel  F.  Talbot,  Alna,  7  weeks. 
Rev.  G.  F.  Tewksbury,  Albany,  14  weeks. 

«  Congregation  larger  than  in  any  former  season.    Nothing  being  done  by  any  other 
denomination." 

Rev.  P.  B.  Thayer,  Garland  and  St.  Albans,  18  weeks. 
During  the  year,  Mr.  Thayer  has  been  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  Garland.  Under 
date  of  the  18th  inst.,  Mr.  Thayer  writes  as  follows :  -  "  God,  in  great  mercy,  has  granted  us 
a  little  reviving.  The  work  has  been  gradual  and  silent.  God's  people  have  been  drawn 
nearer  to  God,  and  to  each  other.  Sinners  have  been  arrested,  and  a  few,  as  we  trust, 
have  turned  to  the  Lord.  Some  ten  or  eleven  are  indulging  hope."  Several  have  been 
added  to  the  church  in  Garland,  and  more  are  expected. 
Rev.  R.  B.  Thurston,  Waterville,  6  months. 

Debt  paid,  and  a  new  and  convenient  vestry  finished.     Some  members  of  the  church 
revived,  and  two  individuals  who  attend  our  meetings  give  evidence  of  conversion." 
Rev.  Philip  Titcomb,  Cherryfield,  21  1-2  weeks. 

The  place  of  worship  has  been  destroyed  by  fire.    Five  have  been  added  to  the  church  by 
letter  ;  $27  77  contributed  to  foreign  and  domestic  missions. 

Rev    Josiah  Tucker,  Industry  and  Mercer,  14  weeks. 
During  the  last  winter,  a  union  protracted  meeting  in  the  town  of  Industry  was  much 
blessed.    Not  far  from  thirty,  it  is  thought,  have  obtained  hope  in  Christ ;  several  of  whom 
are  expected  to  unite  with  the  Congregational  church. 

Rev    David  Turner,  New  Vineyard  and  Kingfield,  8  weeks. 
"During  the  past  winter  the  Lord  has  greatly  revived  us.    Fourteen  have  been  added  to 
the  church ;  and  the  congregation  that  attend  public  worship  have  been  greatly  increased.' 
Rev.  Sydney  Turner,  Bingham,  Solon  Village  and  vicinity,  18  weeks. 
During  the  year,  Mr.  Turner  has  spent  4  weeks  at  the  Forks  of  the  Kennebec  ;  and  has 
visited  and  attended  funerals,  and  circulated  Bibles  and  Tracts  at  Moose  River  Settlement, 
and  as  far  as  the  Canada  line.    At  Bingham  there  have  been  »  a  few  conversions,  and  several 
are  expected  to  unite  with  the  church."    In  Solon  the  prospects  are  rather  bnghtemng. 
Rev.  Selden  Wentworth,  Lovell,  7  weeks. 

Rev  Isaac  Weston,  Aroostook  County,  3  months  -  Patten,  6  months. 
« In  Patten,  in  January,  I  admitted  three  by  profession.  The  church  in  this  place  now 
presents  rather  an  encouraging  aspect;  and,  as  one  of  its  prominent  members  remarked  to 
me  the  congregational  interest  in  this  place  has  never  been  so  hopeful  as  at  present.  Several 
young  men  have  been  admitted  to  the  churches.  The  infant  churches  planted  in  this  region, 
will  need  the  continued  aid  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society.  Should  it  be  withheld,  the 
Congregational  interest  and  influence  must  inevitably  diminish  year  by  year,  until  their  now 
brightening  prospects  will  be  exchanged  for  the  shadow  of  death." 

Rev    J    B    Wheelwright,  Northfield  and  vicinity,  21  1-2  weeks. 
Mr  Wheelwright  has  supplied  the  people  at  Whitneyville  about  half  the  time,  and  the 
other  half  has  «  performed  missionary  labors  "  at  Northfield,  Jonesborough  and  Whiting. 
Rev.  Calvin   White,  Albion  and  Sebasticook,  8  weeks. 
Rev.  Henry  White,  Bradford  and  vicinity  14  weeks. 
Four  persons  have  been  admitted  into  the  church  during  the  year,  of  whom  three  were 
from  a  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  which  has  become  extinct,  making  the  whole  number, 
twenty-four. 


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Rev.  Luther  Wiswall,  Jackson  and  Brooks,  7  weeks. 

"  Prospects  rather  discouraging.  A  very  large  proportion  of  our  most  active  members 
have  died,  or  removed,  within  two  or  three  years ;  and  the  current  still  sets  in  the  same 
direction."  Thus  wrote  Mr.  Wiswall  in  January.  Under  date  of  the  20th  inst.,  he  speaks  of 
an  "  increase  of  general  interest  on  the  subject  of  religion,"  particularly  among  the  young. 
"  Some  three  or  four  of  our  youth  give  evidence  of  having  passed  from  death  unto  life." 


The  whole  number  of  missionaries  employed  by  the  Society,  during  the 
past  year,  has  been  92.  Sixty-three  of  these  have  been  aided,  as  pastors 
and  stated  supplies,  in  preaching,  (most  of  them  to  one  people,  some  of 
them  to  two  or  three  congregations  alternately)  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 
Eight  have  traversed  a  still  wider  field  (during  the  whole  of  the  year  or  a 
portion  of  it)  in  the  Aroostook,  Penobscot,  Franklin  and  Washington 
Counties;  the  other  twenty-one  have  performed  short  missions  in  particular 
places.  The  whole  amount  of  service,  which  the  Society  has  either 
furnished  entirely,  or  aided  in  furnishing,  by  supporting  in  part  the  pastors 
of  feeble  churches,  has  amounted  to  more  than  70  years.  Amidst  many- 
discouragements  the  laborers  have  been  sowing  their  seed,  with  a  larger 
measure  of  success,  on  the  whole,  than  for  several  years  past.  In  general, 
the  churches  have  been  at  peace  among  themselves;  several  of  them  have 
been  revived,  and  have  come  up  with  increased  readiness  and  zeal  to  the 
performance  of  duty.  The  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship,  is 
reported,  by  several  of  our  missionaries,  as  having  been  increased  during 
the  past  year.  Many  of  them  speak  of  Sabbath  schools  as  in  a  flourishing 
state;  and  in  them  has  occurred  a  very  large  proportion  of  those  instances, 
which  the  year  has  witnessed,  of  spiritual  renewal  and  of  an  awakened 
interest  in  the  great  salvation.  In  looking  over  reports  of  missionaries,  it 
has  been  animating  to  find  one  speaking  of  a  single  case  of  "  hopeful 
conversion"  —  another,  of  two  or  three  cases — and  another,  of  "  a  few," 
or  of  "  several  "  —  and  another,  of  fifteen  or  twenty.  The  whole  number 
of  such  cases  reported  by  our  missionaries,  as  having  occurred  in  the 
societies  to  which  they  have  ministered,  amounts  to  about  150.  Each  of 
these,  so  far  as  "hopeful  conversions"  were  real,  occasioned  joy  in 
presence  of  the  angels  of  God.  The  value  of  a  single  soul,  redeemed  from 
sin,  united  to  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  destined  to  an  endless  progression  in 
glory  and  virtue,  who  can  compute?  In  addition  to  this  great  achievement 
of  turning  the  sinner  from  the  error  of  his  way,  is  that  of  training  him, 
when  converted,  for  usefulness  and  heaven.  To  feed  the  Lord's  flock, 
which  He  hath  purchased  with  his  own  blood,  is  not  accounted  a  small 
matter  by  those,  who  come  down  from  heaven  "  to  minister  to  them  who 
shall  be  heirs  of  salvation  ;  "  nor  by  Him  —  their  Lord  and  ours — who 
hath  given  "  pastors  and  teachers  for  the  perfecting  of  the  saints,  for  the 
edifying  of  the  body  of  Christ." 


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When  souls  are  not  converted  and  sanctified  by  the  preaching  of  the 
Gospel,  its  influence  is  eminently  conducive  to  domestic  happiness,  to 
social  order  and  peace.  Education,  temperance,  good  morals,  and  a  due 
observance  of  the  Sabbath,  are  effectively  promoted  by  an  enlightened 
Christian  ministry.  Where  this  is  wanting,  ignorance,  barbarism,  vice 
and  impiety  abound.  In  a  new  town,  recently  visited  by  one  of  our 
missionaries,  they  had  had,  occasionally,  what  "they  called  preaching;" 
but  not  being  such  as  to  inspire  respect  and  confidence,  the  people  were 
not  accustomed  to  attend  upon  it.  "Some  would  be  hunting,  some  fishing, 
some  working.  Where  150  or  200  might  have  attended,  there  were  seldom 
more  than  30,  and  oftener  but  half  that  number.  The  mass  of  the  people 
are  very  ignorant,  and  horribly  profane.  With  but  very  few  exceptions, 
the  Sabbath  is  disregarded,  and  the  youth  are  growing  up  under  the 
withering  influence  of  the  most  shocking  profanity  and  infidelity."  Does 
any  philanthropist  or  patriot  wish,  that  this  rising  State  may  be  filled  with 
■  uch  a  population?  In  large  portions  of  it  such  a  population  may  be 
expected,  if  not  soon  supplied  with  an  intelligent,  faithful  ministry. — 
Upon  preaching,  worthy  of  the  name,  the  people  in  our  new  settlements 
will  attend,  and  good  books  they  will  gladly  receive.  "1  travelled  on 
foot,  says  our  missionary,  "-through  that  whole  region  —  in  all  about  200 
miles  — and  sold  books  of  the  American  Tract  Society's  publications,  to 
the  amount  of  $50,  besides  Bibles  and  testaments.  The  people,  with  few 
exceptions,  are  very  poor;  but  they  were  ready  to  spend  the  last  cent  for  a 
good  book.  Though  many  cannot  read,  yet  there  is  one  in  almost  every 
family  who  can.  They  need  instruction.  They  need  a  warm-hearted, 
common-sense,  judicious  man,  to  go  and  preach  the  doctrines  of  the  Bible. 
Shall  they  not  have  one?  I  wish  I  could  present  a  plea  to  your  Society, 
that  would  move  them  to  act  in  behalf  of  that  place  at  once,  and  send 
them  a  man  to  break  to  them  the  bread  of  life.  But  j  will  not  attempt  it. 
Let  facts  speak  for  themselves."  There  are  many  such  places  in  this 
"great  East;"  and  "the  aggressive  movement"  spoken  of  in  the  last 
Report,  as  having  been  "  made  within  a  few  years  past  upon  the  northern 
section  of  our  State,"  is  but  the  beginning  of  a  work,  which  it  is  given 
this  Society  to  do.  Many  aggressive  movements  are  called  for,  not  only 
in  the  northern  section  of  the  State,  but  in  several  other  portions  of  it. 
Most  of  our  labor  and  expense  are  bestowed  upon  those  feeble  churches 
that  desire  our  assistance.  It  were  hard  to  deny  them,  especially  those 
who  are  doing  all  they  can  for  the  supply  of  their  own  spiritual  necessities. 
But  we  ought  to  be  exploring,  and  as  far  as  possible  supplying,  new  fields. 
We  ought,  in  imitation  of  the  Great  Author  of  Christian  Missions,  to  be 
found  of  those  who  seek  us  not.  Let  the  demand  for  missionary  aid  be 
estimated,  not  simply  by  the  petitions  of  those  who  know  their  wants  and 
ask  for  assistance,  but  by  the  ignorance,  the  sin,  the  impending  ruin  of 

E 


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such  as  utter  not  the  imploring  cry,  hecause  they  know  not  the  value  of 
the  glorious  gospel,  nor  the  evils  they  are  now  suffering,  and  will  eternally 
suffer,  for  the  want  of  it;  how  far  short  of  the  demand  shall  we  find  the 
actual  supply  ! 

Let  us  be  thankful  for  what  we  have  done  ;  and  let  us  rejoice  in  all  the 
service  performed,  and  good  achieved,  by  that  noble  institution,  t>f  which 
this  is  a  branch  ;  which,  during  the  past  year,  with  an  income  of  $150,000, 
has  employed  its  1019  heralds  of  salvation  in  twenty-six  different  States 
and  Territories  —  including  Texas,  Oregon  and  California.  Wisdom  is 
better  than  gold;  and  while  thousands,  and  tens  of  thousands,  are 
seeking  in  the  far  West,  with  such  intense  avidity,  the  inferior  article, 
the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  is  sending  across  the  Isthmus 
and  around  Cape  Horn,  those  messengers  of  mercy,  whom  God,  we 
trust,  will  honor,  in  bestowing  upon  their  fellow  men,  durable  riches  and 
righteousness,  and  in  laying  the  foundation,  upon  the  shores  of  the  Pacific, 
of  another  New  England. 

The  amount  of  income  received  by  this  Society,  duiing  the  past  year, 
ending  on  the  25th  inst.  —  including  a  balance  in  the  Treasurer's  hands  at 
the  commencement  of  the  year,  of  $477  63 — was  $10,837  36  1-2.  This 
includes  the  monevs  paid  in  at  the  last  annual  meeting,  of  $4,750  68,  by 
which  the  claims  of  the  year  preceding  were  very  nearly  liquidated,  i — 
Since  that  meeting,  the  Treasurer  has  been  able  to  pay,  with  the  help  of 
loans  amounting  to  $990,  $5,048  48;  and  reports  a  balance  in  his  hands, 
of  $32  20,  and  a  debt  of  borrowed  money,  of  $516.  Claims  will  now  be 
presented,  amounting  to  more  than  $4,500;  and  we  are  not  without  the 
apprehension  that  our  treasury  will  be  exhausted,  before  the  wages  so  well 
earned  by  the  70  missionaries,  who  are  now  expecting  their  yearly  or  half 
yearly  compensation  from  this  Society  will  be  paid.  The  time,  anticipated 
in  the  last  Report,  when  the  people  will  bring  in  much  more  than  enough, 
so  that  there  will  be  need  of  restraining  them  from  bringing,  has  not  yet 
arrived. 

IF  those  who  "  have  freely  received,"  should  "freely  give,"  where  can 
a  people  be  found,  upon  whom  the  claims  to  a  cheerful  and  liberal  giving 
are  so  urgent,  as  upon  the  people  of  these  United  States  ?  While  in  other 
lands  there  is  "  distress  of  nations  and  perplexity,"  by  reason  of  famine, 
oppression  and  war  —  "men's  hearts  failing  them  for  fear,  in  looking  upon 
those  things  which  are  coming  upon  the  earth"  —  we  are  blessed  with 
peace,  plenty,  security,  freedom.  "  He  hath  not  dealt  so  with  any  other 
nation  ;  "  and  we  are  not  to  suppose,  that  God  is  pouring  out  upon  us  the 
abundance  of  his  blessings,  merely  that  we  ourselves  may  enjoy  them  — 
but  that  we  may  be  "rich  in  good  works,  willing  to  distribute,  ready  to 
communicate."  There  is  no  lack  of  opportunity.  "The  field  is  the 
world ; "  it  is  an  open  field,  and  very  many  portions  of  it  are  whitening  to 


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the  harvest.  What  an  immense  work  must  be  done  upon  our  own  soil  — 
in  furnishing  our  own  people,  in  all  their  dispersions  within  our  own 
territory,  with  those  institutions  upon  which,  under  God,  our  prosperity, 
our  continued  national  existence,  depends.  And  the  ceaseless  flood  of 
immigration  pouring  in  upon  us  from  the  old  world,  at  the  rate  of  one 
thousand  a  day  —  how  are  these  men,  out  of  every  nation  under  heaven, 
to  be  made  good  American  citizens  —  intelligent,  virtuous,  useful  members 
of  a  free,  Christian  community?  The  influence,  which  we  must  of 
necessity  exert  upon  the  inhabitants  of  other  lands  —  how  shall  it  be  made 
an  influence  for  God  and  his  truth  —  for  Christ  and  the  best  interests  of 
mankind?  The  Anglo  Saxon  race  is  eminently  a  locomotive  race.  "A 
Yankee  saw-mill  performs  its  office  1500  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Amazon  ;  and  a  down-easter,  who  once  wielded  his  axe  on  the  banks  of 
the  Kennebec,  fulfils  the  same  mission  on  the  banks  of  the  Rio  Negro. 
The  ascendency  of  the  vigorous  over  the  feeble  nations  is  not  necessarily 
wrong;  it  is  the  natural  superiority  and  irresistible  progress  of  freedom, 
knowledge  and  enterprise,  when  brought  in  contact  with  ignorance  and 
inactivity.  What  an  argument  is  this,  that  our  home  population  —  which 
cannot  be  kept  at  home  —  should  be  of  such  a  kind,  that  with  themselves 
they  shall  transfer  the  elements  of  regeneration  to  the  countries  which 
they  enter  by  their  traffic,  and  contiol  by  their  influence." 

The  destiny  of  this  American  people,  as  we  seem  to  catch  a  glimpse  of 
it  in  the  developments  of  Providence,   overwhelms  us  by  its  magnificence 

—  its  destiny,  if  we  do  but  fulfil,  with  any  good  measure  of  fidelity,  the 
work  for  Him,  for  ourselves,  for  mankind,  which  God  has  given  us  to  do. 
Of  that  work,  no  small  part  comes  under  the  name  of  Home  Missions. 
What  a  large  and  blessed  Home  is  this  country  of  ours;  and  how  deep  the 
interest  that  we  should  take  in  all  that  may  be  conducive  to  its  welfare. 
What  so  conducive,  as  that  it  be  pervaded  by  the  light  and  the  love 
which  beam  from  the  cross  of  Christ;  and  that  being  thus  pervaded,  it 
may  send  forth  light  and  love  to  bless  the  men  of  other  nations  —  of  other 
continents.    Something  towards  the  full  evangelization  of  our  own  country 

—  something  towards  the  conversion  of  the  world  —  we  can  do  bv  our 
united,  continued  efforts  in  this  Maine  Missionary  Society.  In  love  to 
Christ  and  his  church,  to  our  country  and  our  race,  let  us  do  what  we  can  ; 
and  when  the  announcement  shall  be  made,  "the  kingdoms  of  this  world 
are  become  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  his  Christ,"  we  shall  rejoice  in 
the  thought— whatever  region  in  our  Father's  universe  we  shall  then 
occupy  —  that  we  were  permitted  and  disposed,  during  our  season  of  labor 
and  trial  on  earth,  to  help  forward  an  enterprise,  which  will  then  have 
reached  so  glorious  a  consummation. 


ANNUAL    MEETING 


The  Forty-second  Annual  meeting  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  was  held 
in  Bath,  June  27, 1849.  Rev.  Dr.  Dwight,  President,  in  the  chair,  who  opened 
the  meeting  with  prayer  and  reading  the  Scriptures. 

The  Annual  Sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  En  Thurston,  for  which  thanks 
were  tendered  to  the  preacher,  and  a  copy  requested  for  publication,  through  Rev. 
David  Thurston,  Committee  on  behalf  of  the  Society. 

The  Treasurer's  Report  was  presented,  accepted  and  adopted. 

The  Report  of  the  Trustees  was  read  by  Dr.  Tappan,  which,  on  motion  of  Rev. 
S.  Souther,  sustained  by  others,  was  accepted  and  ordered  to  be  printed  for  circula- 
tion.  The  mover,  as  did  also  Rev.  Messrs.  Dr.  Clement  and  I.  P.  Langworthy,  of 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  addressed  the  assembly.  The  following  named  gentlemen  were 
elected  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year :  — 

PRESIDENT. 

REV.    WILLIAM   T.    D  W I G  H  T ,  D.  D.,  Portland. 


VICE    PRESIDENT. 

REV.   JOHN   W.   ELLINGWOOD,   Bath. 

CORRESPONDING  AND  REO.  SECRETARY. 

REV.   BENJAMIN    TAPPAN,  D.  D.,  Augusta. 


TREASURER. 

WILLLIAM   SWAN,    Esq.,   Portland. 


TRUSTEES. 

REV.  WILLIAM  T.  DWIGHT,  D.  D.  (President,)  ex.  off.,  Portland 

REV.  DAVID  THURSTON,  Winthrop, 

REV.  BENJAMIN  TAPPAN,  D.  D.,  Augusta. 

REV.  JOHN  W.  ELLINGWOOD,  Bath. 

REV.  ENOCH  POND,  D.  D.,  Bangor. 

REV.  JOHN  W.  CHICKERING,  Portland. 

REV.  EDWARD  P.  CUTTER,  Belfast. 

REV.  DAVID  SHEPLEY,  North  Yarmouth. 

REV.  ISAAC  ROGERS,  Farmington. 

REV.  STEPHEN  THURSTON,  Searsport. 

WILLIAM  SWAN,  Esq.,  Portland. 


AUDITORS. 

WILLIAM  C.  MITCHELL,  Esq.        WILLIAM  D.  LITTLE,  ESQ. 


■'  Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  returned  to  Rev.  Dr.  Tappan,  for  his  laborious, 
disinterested,  and  highly  acceptable  services,  as  Secretary  and  Agent  of  this  Society,  since 
the  lamented  demise  of  the  late  venerable  and  much  venerated  Secretary,  making  over  at  the 
same  time  the  entire  avails  of  such  services,  for  the  benefit  of  the  comparatively  destitute 
family  of  Dr.  Gillett. 

The  next  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  will  be  held  with  the  Congregational 
Church,  South  Berwick,  (Rev.  Mr.  Allen's)  the  4th  Wednesday  of  June,  1850. 

PREACHERS. 

REV.  J.  J.  CARRUTHERS,  D.  D.,  lirst.       REV.  J.  A.  DOUGLASS,  Second 


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Receipts  and  Disbursements  for  Maine  Missionary  Society,  from  the  Annual 
Settlement  in  June,  1848,  to  July  20,  1849. 

There  remained  in  the  hands  of  W.  Storer,  Esq.,  on  settlement  of  his  annual 

Account,  June  26,  1848,  a  balance  of $2,4n  63 

Received  by  him  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Bangor,  and  up  to  July  20, 1848,  —  on 
which  day  he  delivered  to  the  Treasurer  elect,  the  books  and  effects  of  the  So- 
ciety—sundry sums,  amounting  to      _> 

$  6,873  54 
Disbursements  by  same,  asfolloivs: 
Reserved  in  his  hands,  to  reimburse  amount  of  Loans  made  by  him  for  the  use  of 

the  Society,  as  authorised  by  the  Trustees, &2>°°0  ^ 

Paid  sundry  Orders,  drawn  by  the  Trustees,  amounting  to 4)756  68 

Paid  for  Book  Trunk  for  the  Society,  and  Postages, •        •  » 

•    87  1* 
Commissions  on  Receipts,  

Balance  paid  to  William  Swan,  Treasurer  elect, 6  ^ 

$6,873  54 


MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOC.  in  account  with  WM.  SWAN,   Treas. 


1848 

July 

20 

1849 


By   Cash  received  from  W.  Storer,  Esq..,  balance   in   his 

hands  at  final  settlement,  .         •         •     .    •         • 

By  cash  received,   dividends  on  Bank  Stocks,   in  Oct. 

1848,  and  April  1849,    .        .        .        .        .        $219  60 
By  Cash,  received,  dividends  on  Lewiston  Falls 

Manufacturing  Co., £>  JJ> 

By  Cash,  Interest  on  Notes  due  the  Society,       .        .    oo  UU 
To  Cash  paid  sundry  Orders,  drawn  by  the  Trustees,  since 

July  20th,  1848,  amounting   to  .        .        ■        • 

To  Cash  paid  for  blank  Certificates,  Blank-Book  and  Postges, 
By  Cash  rec'd.,  2d  instalment  on  Legacy  from  Hon.  William 

Richardson, • 

By  Do.,  Legacy  from  Ann  B.  Decker,  of  Pownal, 
To  Cash  paid  in  part  of   Loans  made  for  the  Society,  viz: 
$500  to  Casco  Bank,  and  interest  thereon,  amounting  to 
By  Cash  on  Loans  negotiated  for  the  Society,  by  authority  of 

the  Trustees, »."»'« 

By  Cash  received,  for  Annuities,  Contributions,  Life  Mem- 
berships, &c, 

To  amount  of  usual  commissions, 

Balance  in  the  Treasury,      .... 


Dr. 


:  5,300 
21 


516 


119 
32 


54 


$  5,990  I  42 


Or. 


$26 


300 


1,000 
7 


3,665 


$  5,990  42 


59 


50 


00 


TOTAL  RECEIPTS. 

By  W.  Storer,  Esq., 

By  W.  Swan,  (including  Loans,)    . 


$4,395  91 
.     5,963  82 

$10,359  73 


Errors  Excepted. 


WILLIAM  SWAN,   Treasurer, 


PORTLAND,  JUNE  25,  1849, 


PERMANENT    FUNDS. 
Amount  of  Permanent  Funds  as  standing  on  the  Books  of  the  Society,    .    .    $  6,055  00 
Consisting  of  the  following  Items,  viz : 

Lands  in  Aroostook,  Houlton,  Batchelder's  Grant,  and 

Bangor,  valued  at $1,300  00 

Five  Shares  in  Lewiston  Falls  Manufacturing  Co.    .    .    .    500  00 
Eleven  Shares  in  Manufacturer's  and  Trader's  Bank,        .    550  00 

Thirteen  Shares  in  Canal  Bank, 1,105  00 

Fifteen         "  Casco  Bank, 1,500  00 

Two  Promissory  Notes,  satisfactorily  secured,      .    .    .    1,100  00  —  6,055  00 

We  have  examined  the  foregoing  Abstracts  and  Account  of  Wm.  Swan,  Treas.,  and  find 
them  accurately  stated,  right  cast,  well  vouched,  and  corresponding  with  the  Books  of  the 
Society  :  shewing  a  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  Thirty-two  20-100  Dollars,  j 

WM.  D.  LITTLE,         )     ,    ... 
WM.  C.  MITCHELL,   j    Auattors- 
PORTLAND,  JUNE  25,  1849. 


SYNOPSIS, 

Showing  the  proportion  contributed  within  the  limits  of  each 

DISTRICT   CONFERENCE; 

not  including  Legacies,  Dividends,  and  Interest. 

AROOSTOOK,    ' 45  38 

CUMBERLAND, 2,023  07 

FRANKLIN, 214  90 

HANCOCK, 448  68 

KENNEBEC, 860  99 

LINCOLN, 1,331  28 

OXFORD, 130  02 

PENOBSCOT,  1 974  65 

PISCATAQUIS,            199  29 

SOMERSET,      .........  281  68 

UNION, 145  22 

WALDO,           329  71 

WASHINGTON,  ( paid  for  two  years )      „       .        .        .  236  31 

YORK, 835  79 

$  8,056  97 

Amount  of  Dividends,  Legacies  and  Interest,  .       .       .       1,312  77 

$  9,369  74 

N.  B.  As,  in  all  our  parishes,  persons  not  belonging  to  the  church  contribute  to  this  and 
other  benevolent  societies,  equally  with  those  in  the  church,  the  word  County,  would  be  em- 
ployed irfstead  of  '  District  Conference,'  were  it  not  for  the  fact,  that  the  Union  Conference 
is  made  up  of  churches  in  contiguous  towns  of  Oxford,  Cumberland  and  York  Counties  ;  and 
Aroostook  Conference  embraces  some  churches  iu  the  northern  part  of  Penobscot  County. 


MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 


There  has  been  received  into  the  Treasury,  since  the  annual 
settlement,  June  26th,  1848,  and  up  to  June  25th,  1849,  the 
following  sums,  viz  :  — 


19  70 
15  00 


14  75 

5  60 


Abbott— Cong.'church  and  society,  2.50 

Acton — Cong,  church  and  soc,  2  50;  R. 
Buck,  3 ;  Rev.  S.  Merrill,  10 ;  15  05 

Alna — Cong.  ch.  and  society,  15  ;  Paul 
Pearson,  5 ;  Miss  Lois  Cressey,  an- 
nuity, 2,  22  00 

Albany — Female  Benev.  Soc,  Miss  M.  A. 
Haskell,  Treas.,  10 ;  cont.  in  Cong,  so- 
ciety, 2  ;  J.  H.  Lovejoy,  10 ;  annus.  4 ;  26  00 

Alfed — Cong,  church  and  society, 

Amherst  and  Aurora — Ladies'  Cent  Soc, 
14  20 ;  Mrs.  Lois  Silsby,  5  ;  don.  ,50  ; 

Andover — Two  conts.  in  cong.  society, 

Anson — Female  Cent  Soc,  10  75 ;  cont 
in  Congregational  society,  4 ; 

Atkinson — Cong,  church  and  society, 

Aroostook  Co.  Conf—By  Rev.  E.  Fobes, 
5  50;  two  remittances  by  J.  S.  Wheel- 
wright, 1388;  19  38 

Auburn — Cong,  church  and  society,  12  ; 
4  annuities,  8;  20  00 

Augusta — Dr.  Tappan's  society,  la- 
dies, 53  80 ;  gentlemen,  66  50  ; 
m.c.  74  32;  4  annus.,  8;  other 
conts.  80;  282  62 

Rev.  J.  H.  Ingraham,  5  ;  indi- 
viduals, 14  76,  19  76  302  38 

Bangor — Central  ch.  and  society,  64  37 
1st  Cong,  church  and  society, 
(80  to  const.  4  L  .  Ms.)  370  09  ; 
Sabbath  school   in  same,  (to 
const,  a  L.  M.)  20,  390  09 

James  Crosby,  Esq.,  30  00 

Hammond  street  church  and 
society,  127  26 ;  Sab.  school 
in  same,  51  50,  178  75 

Mrs.  J.  Dennison,  20 ;  other 
individuals,  9,  29  00  692  22 

Bath — Central  church  and  society, 
contributions,  38  33 ;  Sewing 
Circle,  240;  (to  constitute  12 
L.Ms.)  Female  Missionary  So- 
ciety, 26 ;  Levi  Houghton,  23 ; 
D.  C.  Magoun,  (to  const,  a  L. 
M.)  20;  Charles  Clapp,  Jr., 
(to  const,  a  L.  M.)  20 ;  W.  M. 
Rogers,  (to  const,  a  L.  M.)  20, 
donations  and  annuities,  23,  410  33 
Winter  street  church  and  soc, 
cont.  57  17 ;  Winter  street  Be- 
nevolent Society,  140,  (to  con- 
stitute? L.  Ms.,)  Cent  Society, 
33  ;  G.  F.  Patten,  (const,  five 
L.  Ms  )  100 ;  Thos.  Harward, 
20  ;  Rev.  John  W.  Ellingwood, 
(const.  2  L.  Ms.)  50 ;  sundry 
annus,  and  donations/53  83,  454  00  864  33 
Belfast— Cong,  church  and  Bociety,         84  97 


Belfast.  North— Cong,  church  and 
society,  20  00 

Rev.  Mr.  Souther,  5  00     25  00 

Bethel— Female  Cent  Society,  6  00 

Biddeford—2d  cong.  church  and  soc,      20  00 
Bingham — Cong,  church  and  society,      14  19 
Blanchard — Cong  church  and  society,      13  62 
Bloonifield—"  Edwards,"  to  const  aL. 
M.,  20;  Female  Cent  Society,  8  64; 
Cong,  church  and  society,   11  05,  39  69 

Bradford— Female  Cent  Society,  4  03 

Bremen — Church  and  society,  ^       11  00 

Brewer — 1st  Cong,  church,  33  78 

Infant  school  in  do,  5 ;  teach- 
ers in  do,  7  50 ;  several  friends, 
7  50  ;  sundry  annuities  and  do- 
nations, 20,  40  00     73  78 
Bretver  Village— Cong.  ch.  13  ;  m.  c,  5,  18  00 
Bridgton — Cong,  church  and  soceity, 

5  86 ;  Mrs.  Lewis,  1,  6  86 

Bristol— Mr.  William  Chamberlain,  2  00 

Brown— Mrs.  B.  Elwell,  1  00 

Brownville — Cong,  church,  24  00 

Female  Missionary  Society,  5  43     29  43 

Brownfteld— Female  Missionary  Society,    9  00 
Brunswick— Rev.  Geo.  E.  Adams' 
Society,  62 13 

I.  Lincoln,  10 ;  7  annuites,  14 ; 
donation,  2  50,  26  50     88  63 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.— Dona,  from  "one  inter- 
ested in  the  cause  of  Maine  Missions,"     3  00 
Burlington— Coll.  and  cont.  in  church 

and  society,  15  61 

Bucksport— Cong,  church  and  society, 

109;  m.  c.  30  ;  individuals,  39,  178  00 

Buxton— Ladies'  Cent  Society,  6  50 

donation,  100    7  50 

Calais— Female  Domestic  Missionary 

Society,  10  00 

Camden— Cong,  soc,  11 ;  Ladies'  Asso- 
ciation, 21  66 ;  dona,  and  annus.,  12,    44  66 
Cape  Elizabeth— Female  Miss'y.  Society,  6  87 
Castine — Gentlemen's  Association,  63  12 
Monthly  concert,  12  50 

Trinitarian  Society,  7  36  82  98 

ChesterviUe— Congregational  church,        20  00 
Cumberland— Gentlemen,  21  04 

Ladies'  Miss'y.  Association,       17  92 
Children,  2  25 

Cumberland  Co.  Con/.— Cont.  at  the 
meeting  in  Portland,  74  57  ;  at  the 
meeting  in  Freeport,  25  52, 
Damariscotta — Thomas  Woodman,  an- 
nuity, 2  ;  Mrs.  Woodman,  an.,  2, 
Dedham— Church  and  society, 
Deer  Isle— Female  Cent  Society,     22  00 

Female  Missionary  Society,  20  00  42  00 

Dexter— Church  and  society,  15  00 


4121 


100  09 


4  00 
6  00 


40 


Dixmont— Cong,  society,  7  25  ;  an,  4,     11  25 

.Eos*  Breioer — Church  and  society,  20  12 

Eastbrook — Mrs.  Charlotte  Parsons,  3  00 

Edgecomb — Cong,  church  and  soc,  6  67 
Rev.  Benj  Dodge  and  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Dodge,  2  each,  4  00  10  67 

Ellsworth — Cong,  church  and  society, 
37  50  ;  Circle  of  Industry,  20  ;  a  fe- 
male friend,  20,  77  50 

Fairfield — Barnabas  Freeman,  6  00 
Mrs.  Freeman,  2  00     8  00 

Falmouth— 1st  church  and  society,  12  00 

Farmington — Cong,  church  and  socie- 
ty, 25  25  ;  m.  c,  10  ;  Female  Auxilia- 
ry Society,  (to  const,  a  L.  M.)  20,  55  25 

Foxcroft  and  Dover — Coll.  and  cont.  in 
church  and  society,  58  93 

Frankfort — Cong,  church  and  society,      18  00 

Franklin  Co.  Conf.  of  Churches,  16  74 

Freeport — Cong,  church  and  soc, 
(20  to  constitute  a  L.  M.)  72  20 

Ladies'  Cent  Society,  5  62  77  72 

Fryeburg — By  Cong,  church  and  socie- 
ty, 21 ;  C.  H.  Buswell,  10;  Jos.  Col- 
by, 10 ;  J.  W.  Souther,  5,  46  00 

Gardiner — Cong,  church  and  society,      40  00 

Garland — Cont.  by  church  and  society,  17  66 

Gilend — Cong,  church  and  soc,  4  54 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Chapman,  10  00 

T.  J.  Chapman,  3  00  17  54 

Gorham — 1st  parish  church  and  soci- 
ety, 41  01 ;  m.  c  at  do,  13  49,  54  50 
Sewing  Circle,  40 ;  dona.,  2,     42  00     96  50 

Hallowell — Cont.  by  Female  Religious 
Society,  17  00 

Female  Miss'y.  Association,       16  75 
Mrs.  Sophia  E.  Bond,  100  00 

William  Stickney,  20  00 

Rufus  K.  Page,  20  00 

Rev.  Dr.  Gillett,  20  00 

The  four  latter  sums  to  con- 
stitute 8  L.  Ms. 
Missionary  Concert,  9  23 

Annuities  and  donations,  8  44 

Contribution,  49  00  260  42 

Hampden — Cong,  church  and  socie- 
ty,  80;  donation,  2,  82  00 

Hebron  and  West  Minot — Sundry  in- 
dividuals, 11  00 

Hodgdon—  Contributed  by  sundry  in- 
dividuals, 7  00 

Honolulu,  (Sandwich  Islands)  Dona- 
tion from  John  and  Sarah  J.  Ladd, 
to  constitute  John  Edward  Ladd  a 
Life  Member,  20  00 

Industry — Sundry  individuals,  56  50 

Jackson— Collected  in  Cong,  church 
and  society,  16  50 

Kennebec  Co.  Conf.  of  Churches,  10  60 

Kennebunk — Union  church  and  socie- 
ety,  30 ;  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Cressey,  10  ; 
Miss  Lucy  Sewall,  10;  Mrs.  A.  S. 
Hill,  5,  55  00 

Kennebunk  Port— Cont.  in  South  ch. 
and  society,  66  23 

1st  church  and  society,  10  00     76  23 

Kittery  Point— Cong,  church  and  soc,       8  00 

Kohala,  ( Sandwich  Islands)— Donation 
from  the  missionary  church,  (Rev. 
E.  Bond's)  _     10  00 

Lebanon — Church  and  society,  25  35 
Rev.  J.  Loring,  15  00     40  35 

Levant— Individuals  in  cong.  church 
and  society,  4  51 ;  other  individxi- 
als,  8,  12  51 


Lewiston  Falls — Sewing  Circle,  Miss 

E  F.  Little,  treasurer,  40  75 

Limerick — Cong,  church  and  society, 

9  05 ;  sundry  individuals,  13  50,  22  55 

Limington — Collected  in  Kev.  Mr.  Gar- 
man's  society,  10  33 
Lincoln — Cong,  church  and  society,        14  50 
Lincoln  Co.  Conference, — By  Rev.  Mr. 

Dodge,  12  26 

Lisbon — Congregational  society,  13  00 

Litchfield — Cong,  society,  4  25 ;  Fe- 
male Missionary  Society,  4  25  ;  Rev. 
T.  Davis,  5;  2  annuities,  4,  17  50 

Lyman — Cong,  society,  6  00 

Female  Benevolent  Society,  8  00  14  00 
Madison — Three  individuals,  3  50 

Mercer — Sundry  individuals,  by  hand 

of  Rev.  Mr.  Clayes,  91  75 

Milo — 2  annuities,  4 ;  donation,  1,  5  00 

Minot — Cont.  in  Rev.  E.  Jones' 
society,  31 00 

2  annuities,  10 ;  dona.  2,  12  00    43  00 

Miscellaneous — From  "  Delia,"  in  part 
to  const,  her  husband  a  L.  M.,  5 ; 
coll.  at  the  annual  meeting,  Bangor, 
82  66  ;  a  lady,  1 ;  a  friend,  2 ;  from 
the  widow  of  a  former  missionary  in 
Maine,  now  resident  in  N.  York,  6 ; 
From  Wm.  Richardson,  Exec,  being 
the  2d  payment  of  legacy  bequeath- 
ed the  Society,  by  the  late  lion.  Wm. 
Richardson,  1000 ;  semi-annual  div- 
idends on  Bank  Stock,  219  50 ;  Divi- 
dend from  Lewiston  Falls  Manufac- 
turing Company,  15 ;  Interest  on 
Notes  due,  &c,  70  67  ;  Legacy  from 
Ann  B.  Decker,  late  of  Pownal,  7  60,  1409  43 
Monson — Cong,  society,  21  45 

Female  Benevolent  Society,  19  50  40  95 
Mt.  Desert— K.  Kittredge,  5 ;  Mrs.  S. 

Somes,  8,  13  00 

Newbury,  Ms. — From  a  lady,  5  00 

Newburyport,  Ms. — Wm.  Thurston,  an.,    2  00 
Newfield — Cong    church  and  society, 
6  70;  Rev.  E.  Chapman.  2;  Mrs.  S. 
C.  Adams,  2,  10  70 

Neivcastle — 1st.  cong.  church  and  so- 
ciety, 20 ;  two  individuals,  2  41,  22  41 
New  Gloucester — Sewing  Circle,  25  00 
New  Limerick — Collections,  1  30 
New  Vineyard — Cong,  church  and  soc,     4  33 
North  Yarmouth — 1st  parish,  viz., 
Contribution,                    17  56 
Female  Cent  Society,       78  46 
Newell  Society,                 20  00 
Samuel  Sweetser,             20  00 
David  Seabury,                 10  00 
Sylvanus  Blanchard,        10  00 
J.  G.  Loring,                     10  00 
Mrs.  Barnabas  Freeman 
and  Mrs.  S.   Childs,  (to 
constitute  a  L.  M.,)           20  00 
various  individuals,          82  31  268  33 

2d  parish,  viz., 
Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  10  00 

Ladies'  Sewing  Circle,    14  27 
from  church  funds,  6  48 

various  individuals,  56  37  8712  355  45 
Norridgewock—Rey.  J.  Peet's  society,  54  00 
Norway — Norway  H.  Miss'y.  Circle,  8  00 

Orono— Church  and  society,  24  25 

Orrington — Church  and  society,  13  00 

Otis/ield — Ladies'   Association,  5 ;  do- 
nation, 1 ;  annuity,  2,  8  00 
Oxford^- Cong,  society,  3;  Rev.  Isaac 


41 


Carlton,  2 ;  Mrs.  S.  A.  Warren,  2 ; 
a  friend,  1, 
Oxford  Co.  Conference— By  Z.  Robin- 
son, Esq.,  12  30 ;    by  Kev.  Mr.  Gay, 
7  10, 
Parsonsfield — Dea.  S.  Garland, 
Passadumkeag — Collections, 
Phipsburg — Cong,  church  and  soc,  25  ; 

Rev.  A.  T.  Loring,  annuity,  2, 
Pittston — Congregational  society, 
Poivnal — Cong,  church  and  society, 
Poland— Mechanic  Falls,  cont.   ni.  c, 

10;  Rev.  E.  Merrill  and  wife,  5, 
Portland— High  Street  ClTurch,  viz  : 
Coll.  in  church  and  society, 
(of  which  20  to  const  a  L.  M.) 
308  04  ;  Mrs.  M.  H.  Elling- 
wood,  10;  Henry  Jackson, 
annuity,  2,  322  04 

3d  Church  and  Soc,  viz : 
Sundry  members  of  the  soci- 
ety, (60  of  which  to  const.  3 
L.  Ms.)  76  66  ;  Ladies'  Mis- 
sionary Sewing  Circle,  (con- 
stituting 5  L  Ms.)  100;  the 
Young  Ladies'  Miss'y.  Circle, 
(const,  a  L.  M.J30  66;  an.  6; 
E.  Gould,  8,  223  32 

2d  Church  and  Soc,  viz : 
From  Wm.  Swan,  Mrs.  Wm. 
Swan,  and  J.  M.  Gerrish,  (to 
const.  3  L.  Ms.)  60  ;  Mission- 
ary Sewing  Circle,  115  ;  E.  A. 
Norton,  10;  other  contribu- 
tions, 204  50,  389  50 
Princess  Ann,  (Md.)  Rev.  Horatio  Mer- 
rill, (to  const,  a  L.  M.) 
Richmond — Individuals  in  cong.  soc, 
5  43  ;  Wm.  Patten  and  M.  S.  Hagar, 
(to  const,  a  L.  M.)  20;   Rev.  P.  F. 
Barnard,  5  ;  dona,  and  annu.,  7, 
Rumford — Church  and  society, 
Saccarappa — Cong,  church  and  society 

(to  const,  a  L.  M.) 
Saco — Cont.  in  1st  parish,  viz  : 
Benevolent  Soc,   120 ;  Sewing  Cir- 
cle, 40 ;  Miss  Mary  Cleaves,  40  ;  a 
friend,  30;  Dea.  J.  M.  Hayes,  20; 
S.  L.  Goodale,  40  ;  a  friend,  'annual 
payment,)  20;  A.  H.  Boyd,  40;  P. 
Eastman,  Esq.,  and  wife,  10  ;  sun- 
dry individuals,   46 ;    (part  of  the 
above  to  const  7  L.  Ms.) 
Scarboro1 — Cong.  ch.   and  soc,  13  87 
Female  Missionary  Society,         8  50 
Female  Home  Miss'y.  Society,    8  50 
Sanford — Cong,  church  and  society, 
Sangerville — Congregational  church, 
Searsport — Subs,  in  Cong,  church  and 

society,  90 ;  Rev.  S.  Thurston,  10, 

Sedgwick— Cong.  ch.  and  soc.        5  50 

Individual,  10  00 

Sidney — Sundry  individuals, 

Shapleigh— Cong.   soc.  6  40 ;    Rev.  A. 

Loring,  5  ;  Female  Benev.  Soc,  2. 

Skowhegan— Rev.  Alfred  Morton  and 

wife,  4 ;  sundry  individuals,  5  66, 


800 


19  40 
500 
6  60 

27  00 

800 

39  00 

15  00 


934  86 
20  00 


37  43 
9  00 


22  00 


406  00 

30  87 
10  00 
10  60 

100  00 

15  50 
3  50 

3  40 

9  66 


Solon— Cong,  church  and  society,  5  81 

Soynerset  Co.  Conference — Cont.  at  two 

semi-annual  meetings,  14  00 

South  Paris— Cong.  soc.  851 ;  dona.  10,  18  51 
St.  Albans— Cong.  ch.  and  soc,     6  08 

Sabbath  school,  2  25      8  33 

Storks— Sundry  individuals,  19  75 

Strong— Female  Missionary  Society,  8  00 

Sivanville — Sundry  individuals,  7  50 

Srveden— Church,  11 ;  Sew.  Circle,  10,     21  00 
Temple— Cong.  ch.  and  soc.  5  08 ;   a 

friend,  10  ;  donation,  1,  16  OH 

Thomaston — Female  Aux.  Soc,  16  01 ; 

1st  Cong,  society,  26  95,  42  96 

Topsham — Ladies  and  gent,  to  const. 

their  pastor,  Rev.  J.  Clement,  a  L.  M.     24  00 
Thorndike— Solomon  Stone,  1  00 

Turin r— Female  Charitable  Soc,  14  00 
Young  Ladies'  Miss'y.  Soc,  4  25 
Coll.  in  Cong,  society,  8  83     27  08 

Union— Cong,  church  and  society,  (to 

constitute  a  L.  M.)  20  00 

Unity— Cong.  ch.  and  soc,  11  50  ;  J. 

March,  2,  13  50 

Vassalboro1 — Sundry  individuals,  8  00 

Waldoboro— Cong,  church,  17  70 ;  Fe- 
male Benev.  Society,  13 ;  Rev.  John 
Dodge,  (compl.aL.  M.)  10;  James 
Hovey,  (to  const,  a  L.  M.)  20 ;  sun- 
dry donations  and  annuities,  56  40,  117  10 
Warren — Cong.  ch.  and  soc,  48  49;  4 

annuities,  8 ;  (40  to  const.  2  L.  Ms.)  56  89 
Washington  Co.  Conference — Wm.  A. 
Crocker,  treas.,  and  applied  for  mis- 
sionary labors  in  said  Conference,  by 
order  of  Trustees,  (40  of  which  to 
const,  two  individuals,  to  be  hereaf- 
ter designated,  L.  Ms.)  201 ;  Miss  L. 
Haskell,  5;  a  female,  ,31,  206  31 

Waterford— W.  W.  Green,  5  00 

Waterville — Cong,  church  and  society,     16  30 
Windham— Cong.  ch.  and  soc,  30  02  ; 

Rev.  W.  Warren,  15,  45  02 

Winthrop — Cong,  society,  44  55 

Female  Assist.  Miss'y.  Soc.  21  01 
S.  Sewall,  (to  const,  a  L.  M.)  20  00 
two  annuities,  4  00     89  56 

Weld— Cong.  ch.  and  soc,  6  02;  Fe- 
male Assistant  Society,  7  05,  12  07 
Wells — 1st  Cong,  church  and  society,       10  65 
West  Waterville — Miss  Susan  Stanley,        1  00 
West  Brooksville — David  Wasson,  10 ; 

Congregational  church,  1  25,  11  25 

Wilton — Cong,  church  and  society,  22  00 

Winslow— cong.  ch.  and  society,  5  80  ; 

Hon.  T.  Rice,  6  ;  F.  Paine,  an.,  2,  13  80 

Wiscasset — Congregational  society,  25  6(5 

Woolwich — Cong.  ch.  and  society,  38 ; 

Mrs.  A.  Tallman,  2,  40  00 

Worcester,  (Ms.)— Rev.  Seth  Sweetser,       15  00 
York — 1st  Church  and  society,      17  00 

2nd  Cong,  society,  14  00     31  00 

York  Co.  Conference — Cont.  at  meet- 
ing at  Kennebunk  Port,  22  00 
cont.  at  meeting  at  Acton,  3  58     25  &H 

$9,369  74 


PORTLAND,  June  25,  1849. 


WILLIAM  SWAN,   Treasurer 


Cifc  toembers. 


THOSE    WITH    AN    ASTERISK    PREFIXED,     DECEASED 


•Abbott  Jacob,  Farmington 
Abbott  Rev  Jacob,  New  York 

*  Abbott  Mrs  Betsey,  Farmington 
Abbott  Mrs.  Salucia,  " 
Abbott  Miss  Clara  Ann,     " 
Abbott  Mrs  Hannah  B.,     " 
Abbott  Rev  Samuel  P.,      " 
Abbott  Alexander  H.,        " 
Abbott  J.  S.,  Norridgewock 
Abbott  Mrs  Eliza  T.,    " 
Abbott  Mrs  Phebe  Ann,  Temple 
Adams  Rev.  Thomas,  Ohio 
Adams  Mrs  Catharine  L.,  Ohio 
Adams  Rev  George  E.,  d.  d.  Brunswick 
Adams  Mrs^Sarah  A., 

Adams  Rev  Darwin,  Alstead,  N.  H. 
Adams  Rev  C.  S.,  Dartmouth,  Mass. 

*  Adams  Rev  Weston  B.,  Lewiston 

*  Adams  Mrs  Harriet  E.,        " 

*  Adams  Miss  Melinda  C,       " 
Adams  Rev  Jonathan,  Deer  Isle 
Adams  Hannah  A., 

Adams  Miss  Sarah, 

Adams  J.  Edwards,  " 

Adams  John,  Jr.,  Newfield 

Adams  Samuel,  Castine 

Adams  Mrs  Lucy  S.,        " 

Adams  Alfred  S.,  " 

Adams  Miss  S.  F., 

Adams  Samuel  J.,  " 

Adams  Oeorge  M., 

Adams  Mrs  Mary  M.,       " 

Adams  William  F.,  ,: 

Adams  Rev  Solomon,  Boston 

Adams  Mrs  Adeline,        " 

Adams  Isaac  R.,  Farmington 

Adams  John  C,         Bangor 

Adams  Eliashib,  " 

Adams  Miss  Mary  A.,      " 

Adams  Rev  Aaron  C,  W.  Bloomfield,'N.  J. 

Adams  Rev  John  R.,  Gorham 

Adams  Mrs  Mary  Ann,    " 

Adams  Mrs  Abigail  H.,  Cherry  field 

Adams  Miss  Sarah  B.,  Winslow 

Agry  Miss  Sarah  H.,  Hallowell 

Akers  William,  Buxton 

Alden  Augustus,  Hallowell 

Allen  Rev  Wm.  d  d.,  Northampton,  Mass. 

Allen  Rev  John  Wheelock,  Wayland,  Mass. 

Allen  Matthias,  North  Yarmouth 

Allen  William,  Norridgewock 

Allen  Rev  Benjamin  R.,  South  Berwick, 

Allen  James,  Bangor 

Allen  Miss  Sarah  A.  S.,  Bath 

Ailing  Mrs  Albert,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Ambrose  Mrs  David,  Newington,  N.  H. 

Anderson  Stephen,  Freeport 

AppU'ton  Miss  Ann,  Portland 


Appleton  Elisha  W.,  Portland. 

*  Arnold  Mrs  Mary  Jane,  Bath. 
Arnold  Mrs  Mary,  Calais. 
Arnold  Augustus,  Bath 
Arnold  Miss  Mary  S.,  Monmouth 
Ashby  Rev  John  L.,  York 
Auld  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Boothbay 

Babcock  Rev  Elisha,  Thetford,  Vt. 

Babcock  Mrs  William,  Bangor 

Bacon  Rev  Elisha,  Centre ville,  Mass. 

Bacon,  son  of  Bev  E.  B.,     " 

Bacon  George,        Freeport 

Bacon  Mrs  George,       " 

Bailey  Lebbeus,  Portland 

Bailey  Miss  Lydia  G.,  Hopkinton,  N.  H. 

Bailey  Mrs  Sarah,  Bath 

Baker  Edward  W.,  Portland 

Baker  Azariah,  Edgecomb 

Baker  Rev  John,  Elliot 

Baker  Mrs  Sarah  K.,  Elliot 

Baker  Rev  Silas,  Kennebunk  Port 

Baker  Mrs  Eliza  S.,        "  " 

Baker  Mrs  Ellen  B.,  Hallowell 

Balkam  Rev  Uriah,  Wiscassefc 

Barker  Mrs  Phebe  A.,  Wilton 

Barker  Samuel  F.,  Calais 

Barker  Mrs  Ann  D.,    " 

Barker  Simeon,  Limerick 

Barnard  Rev  Pliny  F.,  Richmond 

Baron  E.  W.,  Lebanon 

Baron  Mary  L.,  Hampden 

Barrell  Mrs  Huldah,  Turner 

Barrett  Amos,  Union 

Barrett  Miss  Abby  S.,  Portland 

Barrett  Miss  Elizabeth,  Springfield,  Vt. 

*  Barrows  John  S.,  Fryeburg 
Barrows  John  S.,  " 
Barrows  Reuel,  " 

*  Barrows  Thos.  P.,        " 
Barrows  Miss  Ann  K.,  " 
Barrows  Miss  Ann  A.,    " 
Barrows  George  B.,        " 
Bartlett  Rev  George,  Buxton 
Bates  Rev  A.  J.,  Lincoln 
Beale  Samuel  N.,  Portland 
Beckwith  Rev  George  C,  Boston 
Beckwith  Mrs  Martha  W.,      " 
Beckwith  Rev  B.  B., 

Belcher  Hiram,    Farmington 
Belcher  Mrs  Evelina,      " 
*Belden  Rev  Jonathan,  Hallowell 
Belden  Mrs  Martha,  " 

Belden  Miss  Louisa,  " 

Belden  Jonathan  H., 
Beeman  Edwin,  Belfast 
Benson  Mrs  Lucy  A.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Bigelow  Rev  Asahel,  Walpole,  Mass. 


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Bishop  Rev  Nelson,  Windsor,  Vt. 

Bixby  George,  Athens 

Black  Joseph  T.,  Searsport 

Blake  Mrs  Sophia  C,  Otisfield 

Blake  Silas,  " 

Blake  Mrs  Mary  6.,  Bath 

Blake  Rev  Joseph,  Cumberland 

Blanchard  Charles,  Blanchard 

Blanchard  Nathaniel,  Portland 

Blanchard  Sylvanus,  North  Yarmouth 

Blanchard  Dorcas,  " 

Blanchard  S.  W.,  " 

Blanchard  Paul  G.,  " 

Blanchard  Sylvanus  C,       " 

Biasland  Miss  Mary,  Bath 

Blood  Rev  Mighill,  Bucksport 

*  Blood  Mrs  Mighill,     " 

Blodgett  Bliss,  " 

Blodgett  Henry,  " 

Blodgett  Mrs  Mary,       " 

Bodwell  Mortimer,  Solon 

Bond  Elias,         Hallowell 

Bond  Mrs  Sophia  E.,   " 

Bond  Rev  Elias  Jr.,  Sandwich  Islands 

Bond  Mrs  Ellen  M.,  " 

Bond  Elias  C,  Sandwich  Islands 

Bond  Miss  Ellen  M.,        " 

Bond  George  S.,  " 

Bond  Miss  Thankful  S.,  Hallowell 

Bourne  Abraham  L.,  Kennebunk 

Bovey  John,         Bath 

Bovey  Mrs  John,     " 

Bowman  Mrs  Sarah  G.,  Bath 

Bowman  Rev.  Geo.  A.,  Kennebunk  Port 

Bowker  Rev  Samuel,        Union 

Bowker  Mrs  Elizabeth  E.,     " 

Bowker  Mrs  Abigail,  Bethel 

Bradbury  Mrs  Sarah,  New  Gloucester 

Bradbury  Joseph,  Wilton 

Bradford  Thomas,  Esq.,  Philadelphia 

Bradley  John, 

Bradley  Mrs  John, 

Bradley  John,  Jr., 

Bradley  Samuel,  Saco 

Bradley  Rev  Caleb,  Gorham 

Branscomb  Mrs  Clarissa,  Portland 

Breed  Rev  Wm.  J.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Breed  Mrs  Mary  S.,         " 

Brett  Martin,  South  Paris 

♦Bridge  James,  Augusta 

Bridge  Mrs  Emily,  Winslow 

Brooks  William  A.,  Augusta 

Brooks  Mrs  Lusanna,     " 

Brown  James,  Danvers,  Mass. 

Brown  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Andover,  Mass. 

Brown  George  A.,        Hampden 

Brown  A.  G.,  " 

Brown  Mrs  Mary  A.,        " 

Brown  Samuel  J.  M.,        " 

Brown  B.  H.,  " 

Brown  Edward  P.,  " 

Brown  Rev  Amos,  Macbias 

Brown  Mrs  Sophia,    " 

Brown  Theodore  S.,  Bangor 

Brown  Mrs  Sarah,         " 

Brown  William  S.,         " 

Brown  Charles  E.,         " 

*  Brown  Benjamin,        " 

*  Rrown  Robbins,  Bethel 
Brown  Dascomb,  Brooks 
Brown  Rev  Chas.  M.,  Mt.  Desert 
Brown  Rev  J.  C,  St.  Petersburg,  Ra. 
Brown  Asa,  Buxton 

*  Browne  Thomas,  Portland 
Browne  Mrs  Ann,        " 


Buck  John,  Orland 

Buck  Sarah  T.,   " 

Buck  John  A.,  Bucksport 

Buck  Miss  Lydia,        " 

Bucknam  Ichabod,  Hallowell 

Bulfinch  John,  Waldoboro' 

Bullard  Rev  Asa,  Boston 

Bullard  Mrs  Asa, 

Burbank  Jedediah,     Bethel 

Burbank  Mrs  Frances,    " 

Burnham  Rev  Abraham,  Pembroke,  N.  H. 

Burnham  Jonas,        Augusta 

Burnham  Mrs  Jonas,      " 

Burnham  Seth,  Kennebunk  Port 

Burr  Rev  Jonathan,  Boston 

Buswell  Henry  C,  Fryeburg 

Buswell  Mrs  E.  0.,        " 

Buswell  Charles  H  ,      " 

*  By  ram  Mrs  Lucretia  R.,  Portland 

Caldwell  John  S.,  Belfast 

Campbell  Rev  G.  W.,  Newbury,  "Vt. 

Campbell  Rev  Daoiel,  Orford,  N.  H. 

Campbell  Mrs  Lucy  A.,    •' 

Cammett  Mrs  William,  Portland 

Card  John  C,  Gorham 

Card  Miss  Harriet,  Portland 

Carlton,  Rev  Isaac,  Oxford 

Carlton  Mrs  Isaac,        " 

Carlton  Isaac,  Bethel 

Carlton  Mrs  Daniel,  Alna 

Carlton  William,  Camden 

Carlton  Edward,  Waterford 

Carpenter  Rev  Eber, 

Carpenter  Rev  E.  G.,  Dexter 

Carpenter  Mrs  S.  B.,       " 

Carruthers  Rev  Jas.,  Portland,  10  times 

Carruthers  Rev  John  J.,  r.  D.,  Portland 

Carruthers  Mrs  John  J.,  li 

*  Carruthers  Mrs  Robina,  " 

*  Carruthers  Miss  Jane,  " 

*  Carruthers  Miss  Ellen,  " 
Carter  Mrs  Eliz.  E.,  Bangor 
Cazenove  Lewis  A.,   Alexandria,  Va. 
Chadbourne  Miss  Betsey,  Portland 

*  Chase  Stephen,  Fryeburg 
Chase  Mrs  Sarah,  N.  Yarmouth 

*  Chapin  Rev  Perez,  Pownal 
Chapin  Mrs  Sarah  W.,    " 

*  Chapin  Rev  H.  B.,  Lewiston  Falls 
Chapin  Mrs  H.  B.,  " 
Chamberlain  Benj.  P.,  Salem,  Mass. 
Chamberlain  Nathaniel,  Lebanon 
Chapman  Rev  N.,  Camden, 
Chapman  Mrs  Sarah,    " 
Chapman  Bev  Calvin,  Westbrook 
Chapman  Mrs  Lucy  B.,        "  ». 

*  Chandler  Rev  Samuel,  Elliot 

*  Chandler  Enos,  N.  Yarmouth 
Chandler  Joseph,  Jr.,        " 
Chandler  William,     '        t: 
Cheever  Mrs  Charlotte,  Hallowell 
Cheever  Mrs  Eliz.  B.,  " 
Cheever  Henry  T., 

Chenery  Mrs  Luther,  Wilton 

Chickering  Rev  J.  W.,  Portland, 

Chickering  Mrs  J.  W.,         '■ 

Chickering  Miss  Betsey,  Athol,  Mass. 

Child  James  L.,    Augusta 

Child  Mrs  J.  H.,        " 

Child  Daniel  C,  " 

Child  Ann  E.,  <: 

Child  Jas.  L.,  Jr.,      " 

Child  Hannah  S.,       ': 

Child  Grenville  H.,    '• 


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Child  Rebecca  J.,  Augusta 

Child  Robert  W.,        " 

Christopher  Mrs  Lydia,  Calais 

Church  Rev  A.  P., 

Chute  Mrs  Mary,  Portland 

Chute  Mrs  M.  B.  D.,  " 

Chute  Rev  A.  P.,  Harrison 

Chute  Mrs  A.  P.,        " 

Chute  John,  Naples 

Clark  Rev  Wm.,  Fryeburg 

Clark  Wm.  B.,  " 

Clark  Henry,  Kennebunk  Port 

Clark  Mrs  Susan  L.,    " 

Clark  Mrs  Louisa  N.,  Wells 

Clark  Mrs  Samuel,  Portland 

Clark  Freeman,         Bath 

*  Clark  Mrs  Freeman,  " 

Clark  Frances  L.,    " 

Clark  Agnes  E.  L., 

Clark  Gilman,  Foxcroft 

Clark  Rev  Sumner,  Unity 

Clark  Dea  Asa,  Biddeford 

Clarke  Miss  Lois,  Portland 

Clapp  Mrs  Jane  T.,  Bath 

Clapp  Mrs  Rachel,     " 

Clapp  Charles, 

Clapp  Charles,  Jr.,    " 

Clapp  Sarah  J.,  " 

Clay  Hon.  Henry,  Ashland,  Ky., 

Clayes  Rev  Dana,  S.  Reading,  Mass. 

Cleaveland  Prof.  Parker,  Brunswick 

♦Cleaves  Mrs.,    Biddeford 

Cleaves  Miss  Mary,    " 

Clement  Rev  Jona.,  D.  D.,  Topsham 

Codman  Geo.  C,  Westbrook 

Codman  Wm.  S.,       Camden 

Codman  Mrs  Lucretia,    " 

Codman  William  H.,        " 

Cogswell  Rev  Jona.,  B.  Windsor 

Cogswell  Mrs  Jonaathan,    " 

Coker  Stephen,  Alna 

Colburn  Rev  Jonas, 

Colburn  Mrs  M.  B., 

Colby  Joseph,       Fryeburg 

Colby  Mrs  Elizabeth,     " 

Colby  Mrs  Ruth  M.,     " 

Cole  Mrs  Sarah  J.,  Saco 

*  Cole  Rev  Albert,  Bluehill 

Collins  Miss  Sally,  N.  Gloucester 

Colton  Mrs  A.  8..  Galesburg,  111. 

Conant  Rev  J.  H.,  Chesterville 

ConantMrs  J.  H.,         " 

Condit  Rev  J.  B.,  D.  D.,  Newark,  JN.  J. 

ConditMrs  J.  B.,  " 

Copeland  A.  J.,  Albany,  111. 

Crane  Mrs  John  C,  Newark,  N.J . 

Cressey  Rev  George  W.,  Kennebunk 

Cressey  Mrs  Caroline  M., 

Orie  James,  Portland 

Crocker  Mrs  Eliza  L.,  Machias 

*  Crosby  Rev  John,  Castine 

Crosby  Mrs  Hannah,  Bangor 

Crosby  Timothy, 

Crosby  James, 

Crosby  Mrs  James, 

"Crosby  Charlotte  C, 

Crosby  Sarah  H.,  " 

Crosby  George  A., 

Crosby  John  L., 

Crosby  Miss  Olive, 

Crosby  James  H., 

Crosby  Benjamin,  Hampden 

Crossett  Rev  R.,  Alstead,  N.  H. 

Crossett  Mrs  D.,        " 

*Cook  Amos  J.,  Fryeburg 


Cook  Mrs  E.,  Fryeburg 

*  Cook  Francis,  Wiscasset 
Cordis  Samuel,  Winthrop 
Cornish  Rev  Clark, 

*  Cummings  Dea  Asa,  Albany 
Cummings  Rev  Asa,  Portland, 
Cummings  Mrs  Phebe, 
Cummings  Miss  Hannah, 
Cummings  Miss  Sarah  M.  N.,  " 
Cummings  Henry  T., 

Currier  Dea  Isaac,  Lyman 
Curtis  Samuel,  Wells 
Curtis  Theodore,  Freeport 
Curtis  Ambrose,  " 

Cushman  Rev  David,  Newcastle 
Cushman  Mrs  E.  H.,  " 

Cushman  Mrs  Emeline,      " 
*  Cutler  Rev  E.  G.,  Belfast 
Cutler  Miss  Sarah,  Hallo  well 
Cutler  Mrs  C.  A.,  Farmington 
Cutter  Levi,  Portland 
Cutter  Miss  Amelia,   " 
Cutter  Rev  E.  F.,  Belfast 
Cutter  Mrs  E.  F.,      " 
Cutter  Mrs  Asa  H.,  N.  Yarmouth 
Cutting  John,  Warren 

Dame  Rev  Charles,  Falmouth 
Dana  W.  S.,     Portland 
Dana  Mrs  E.  T.,    " 
Dana  Mrs  Betsey,  " 
Dana  Nathaniel,     Boston 
Dana  Mrs  Phebe  W.    " 
Dana  Charles  B.,         " 
Darling  Henry  J.,   Bucksport 
Darling  Caroline  C,  _     " 
Darling  Samuel,  Calais 
Darling  Miss  Martha,  Portland 
Davee  Mrs  Theresa  V.,  Monson 
Davenport  Rev  J.  9.,  Newburyport 
Davenport  Elizabeth, 
Davenport  Rev  Wm.,  Strong 
Davidson  Miss  Abigail,  Belfast 
Davis  Rev  Timothy,  Litchfield 
Davis  Mrs  Lucy,  " 

Davis  Mrs  Louisa  P.,  Portland 
Davis  Rev  Franklin,  Warren 
Davis  Mrs  Susan  A.,        ' 
Davison  Mrs  Polly,  Monson 
Day  Mrs  Eunice,  Portland 
Deering  Stephen,     Augusta 

Deering  Mrs  Caroline,    " 

Deering  John  P., 

Deering  Mary, 

Delano  Miss  M.,  Portland 

Dennison  Isaac,  Bangor 

Dickinson  John,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Dickinson  Mrs  Martha,  Bangor 

♦  Dike  John.  Beverly,  Mass. 

Dike  Mrs  P.M.,  Salem,  Mass. 

Dike  John,  " 

Dillingham  Cornelius,  Freeport 

Dinsmore  W.  W.,  Norridgewock, 

Dodd  Rev  John,  Turner 

Dodge  Rev  J.,  Waldoboro' 

Dodge  Mrs  A.  L.,      " 

Dodge  Mrs  Jane  C,  Illinois 

Dole  Carlton,  Augusta 

*  Dole  Ebenezer,  Hallowell 

Dole  Henry  L., 

Dole  Samuel  M.,        " 

Dole  Mrs  Hannah,    " 

Dole  Ellen  B.,  ".,,,, 

Dole  Rev  Daniel,  Sandwich  Islands 
Dole  Albert  G.,  Alna 


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Bole  Mrs  Catharine,  Westbrook 
Dole  Rev  Nathan,  Brewer 
Bole  Mrs  E.  P.  Bloomfield 
Bonnell  Mrs  Harriet,    Bath 
Bonnell  William,  " 

Bonnell  Henrietta  H.,     " 
Borrance  James,  Kennebunk 
Borrance  OliTer  B.,  Boston 
Borrance  Mrs  Jane,      " 
Boughty  Wm.  P..  Gray 
Bouglass  Rev  J.  A.,  Waterford 
Bouglass  Mrs  Lucy  A.,     " 
Bouglass  Rev  Nathan,  St.  Albans 
Bow  Levi,  Waterville 
Bow  Rev  Moses, 
Bow  Wm.  H.,  Bangor 
Bow  Mrs  B.  L.,    " 
Bow  Alice  E.,       "  • 
Bowner  Mrs  Mary  B.,  Portland 
Bownes  George,  Calais 
Brake  Rev  S.  S.,  Turner 
Brummond  Alexander,  Bangor 
Brummond  Rev  Jas.,  Lewiston  Falls 
Budley  Mrs  Elias,  Hampden 
Bummer  Charles,  Washington,  B.  C. 
Bummer  Miss  A.  C,     " 
Bummer  Mrs  M.,  Jacksonville,  111. 

*  Bummer  Mrs  Sarah,  Hallowell 
Buncan  Rev  A.  G., 

*  Bunlap  Bavid,  Brunswick 
Bunlap  Mrs  Nancy  M.,    " 
Buren  Freeman  H.,  Bangor 
Buren  William  G.,        " 
Buren  Charles  M.,        " 
Buren  Rev  Chas.,  Waitsfield,  Vt. 

*  Button  S.  P.,  Bangor 

*  Button  Miss  R.,    " 
Dutton  Samuel,  Ellsworth 
Button  Mrs  E.,    ■   " 
Button  Alice  E.,     " 

Bwight  Rev  Wm.  T.,  d.  d.,  Portland 
Bwight  Mrs  Eliza  L.,  " 

Bwight  Henry  E.,  " 

Bwight  Rev  Edw.  S.,  Saco 
Bwight  Mrs  Clarissa,  N.  Haven 

Eastman  Philip,      Saco 
Eastman  Mrs  M.  A.,  " 
♦Eaton  Rev  E.,  Mt.  Besert 
Eaton  Rev  Joshua,  Monticello 
Eaton  Mrs  Joshua,        " 
Eddy  Rev  II.,  Kennebunk  Port 
Eddy  Mrs  S.  H.,        " 
Ellis  Rev  Manning,  Brooksville 
Ellis  Hannah  P.,  Hampden 
Ellingwood  Rev  J.  W.,    Bath 

*  Ellingwood  Mrs  J.  W.,    " 
Ellingwood  Mrs  Zeruiah,  Bethel 
Ellsworth  Emily  A.,  Bath 
Elwell  Mrs  S.  G.,  Waldoboro' 
*Elwell  Payne,  " 
Emerson  Rev  Noah,  Baldwin 
Emmons  Henry  V.,  Hallowell 
Emmons  Mrs  Lucy,     " 

Fales  Oliver,  Thomaston 
Fargo  Rev  Geo.  W.,  Solon 
Farley  Mrs  Betsey,  Waldoboro' 
Farnsworth  Mrs  Beborah,  Machias 
Ferguson  Mrs  Eliza,  S.  Berwick 
Fessenden  Rev  Joseph,  Bridgton 
Fessenden  Mrs  Phebe,        " 

*  Fessenden  Mrs  S.,  Fryeburg 
Fessenden  Rev  S.  C,  E.  Thomaston 
Fessenden  Mrs  S.  C,  " 


Fickey  Mrs  Rebecca,  Ellsworth 

Field  Rev  George  W.,  Belfast 

Field  Mrs  Abigail,  " 

Field  Mrs  B.,  S.  Paris 

Field  Henry  W.,  Bath 

Field  George,  Bangor 

♦Fisher  Rev  J.,  Bluehill 

Fisher  Mrs  Belly,    " 

Fisher  Rev  J.,  New  Jersey 

Fiske  Rev  C.  R.,  Iowa 

Fiske  Rev  A.  W.,   Scarboro' 

Fiske  J.  B.,         Bangor 

Fiske  Mrs  M.  B.,     " 

Fiske  Rebecca  M.,  " 

Fiske  James  B.,      " 

Fiske  Abby  A.,        " 

Fiske  Rev  John  0.,  Bath 

Fiske  Mrs  Rebecca,    " 

Fiske  Mrs  S.  H.,  Northboro',  Mass. 

Fitz  Hannah  S.,  Brunswick 

Flint  William,  New  Vineyard 

Fobes  Rev  Ephraim,  Aroostook 

Follansbee  Jeremiah,  Bover 

Foster  John,  Bath 

Foster  Mrs|B.  A.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Fowler  Rev  B.,  Greenfield,  N.  H. 

Foote  Mrs  A.  S.  L.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Foxcroft  Joseph  E.,  New  Gloucester 

Foxcroft  Mrs  Abigail,         " 

Freeman  Rev  Charles,  Limerick 

Freeman  Rev  Amos  N.,  Portland 

Freeman  Barnabas,  Fairfield 

Freeman  Mrs  Rhoda,     " 

Freeman  Rev  Joseph,  Jr.,  Prospect 

Frost  Rev  Charles,  Bethel 

Frye  Isaac,  Fryeburg 

Frye  Mrs  Ann,   " 

Fuller  Rev  Joseph, 

Fuller  Mrs  Catharine,  Augusta 

Gage  Mrs  Joanna,  " 

Galloway  Rev  J.  C,  St.  Johns,  N.  B, 
Gale  Rev  W.,  Gloucester,  Mass. 
Gannett  Mrs  M.  F.,  Bath 
Gardner  Robert,  Lowell,  Mass. 
Gardner  Mrs  Susan,  " 
Gardner  Miss  C,  Hallowell 
Garland  Samuel,  Parsonsfield 
Garland  Miss  M.  A.,    " 
Garland  John,  Newfield 
Garland  Mrs  M.  L.,  Ohio 
Gay  Rev  J.  S.,  Biddeford 
Gay  Mrs  P.  P.,  Castine 
Gerrish  Joseph  M.,  Portland 
Gerry  Rev  Bavid,  Brownfield 
Gerry  Mrs  Bavid,         " 
*Gillett  Rev  Eliph.,  d.  d.,  Hallowell 
Gillett  Mrs  Mary  G  , 
Gillett  Miss  Grace  H., 
Gillett  Miss  A.  P.  Caroline, 
Gillett  Miss  Helen,  Mississippi 

*  Gillett  Edward  P.,        " 

*  Gillett  Miss  A.  E.,  Illinois 

*  Gillett  John  H.,         " 

*  Gillett  Mrs  E.  N.,      <: 
Gilman  Sophia  B.,  Hallowell 
Gilman  Mrs  L.  B.,        " 

Gilbert  Rev  S.  B.,  West  Greece,  N.  Y. 
*Gleason  John,  Thomaston 
Godfrey  Edwin  B.,  Bangor 

*  Gooch  Rev  J.,  N.  Yarmouth 
Goodale  George  L.,      Saco 
Goodale  Mrs  P.  A.,         " 
Goodale  Mrs  H.  G.,        " 
Goodale  S.  L.,  " 


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Goodale  Ephraim,  Jr.,  Orrington 

Qoodale  Enoch,       Saco 

Goodwin  James  S.,    " 

Goodwin  Mrs  S.  H.,   " 

Goodenow  Wm.,  Portland 

Goodenow  Robert,  Farmington 

Gordon  Miss  S.  M.,  Hallowell 

Goss  Rev  J.  C,  Sanford 

Gould  Edward,  Portland 

Gould  Mrs  Althea,    " 

Gould  Wm.  E.,  " 

Gould  Elizab.  M.,       " 

Gould  JohnJM.,         " 

Gove  Hartley  W.,  Bath 

Gove  Almira  H.,        " 

Gray  Miss  Olive,  N.  Yarmouth 

Grant  Joseph,  Lebanon 

Graves  Joseph,  Orono 

Green  Mrs  Abigail,  Farmington 

Green  Rev  Beriah, 

Green  Mrs  Elizabeth,  N.  "Waterford 

Green  Mrs  R.  K.,        " 

Greeley  Rev  Allen,        Turner 

*  Greeley  Mrs  Eunice,        " 

*  Greeley  David,    Portland 
Greeley  Eliphalet,        " 
Greenleaf  Rev  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Greenleaf  Rev  W.  C,  Illinois 
Gregg  Rev  William,        " 

*  Greenwood  Mason, 

*  Greenwood  Mrs  Maria, 
Greenwood  Miss  M.  I.,  Portland 
Gurley  Wm.  W.,  New  York 
Gurley  W.  H.  F.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Habner  J.  L.,  Belfast 

Hackett  Rev  Simeon,  Sumner 

Hackett  Mrs  Vesta,  " 

Hager  Mrs  Sarah,  Richmond 

Haines  Mrs  H.  F.,  Saco 

Hale  Ezekiel,  Norridgewock 

Hale  Rev  Eusebius,  Foxcroft 

*Hale  Rev  J.  S.,  Windham 

Hale  John  M.,     Ellsworth 

Hale  Mrs  Sarah  M.,     " 

Hale  Abijah,  S  Paris 

Haley  Mrs  D.  M.,  Bath 

Haley  Mrs  S.  D.,    " 

Hall  Frye,  Belfast 

Hamlin  Miss  Fanny,   (now  Mrs  Burnham.) 

Watertown,  Mass. 
Hamlin  Rev  Cyrus,  Constantinople 
Hamlin  Lewis  B.,  Augusta 
Hamlin  Margaret,        " 
Hamlin  Eleanor,  " 

Hancock  Elias,  Otisfield 
Hardy  Rev  Jacob,  Strong 
Harlow  Nathaniel,    Bangor 

*  Harlow  Mrs  Mary,  " 
Harlow  Charles  W.,  " 
Harlow  Sarah  P.,  " 
Harlow  Nath.  H.,  " 
Harlow  Thomas  S.,  " 
Harlow  Bradford,  " 
Harlow  Sarah  G.,           " 

*  Harrington  Enoch,  Freeport 
Harrington  Mrs  Enoch,    " 
Harrington  John, 
Hartshorn  Oliver  S.,  Portland 
Hartshorn  Mrs  S.  E.,        " 
Harwood  Wm.  E.,  " 
Harwood  Mrs  Charlotte,  " 
Harward  Thomas         Bath 
Harward  Mrs  Hannah,  " 
Harward  Elizabeth  P.,  " 


Harward  Thomas  P.,  Bath 
Haskell  W.  B.,  New  Gloucester 
Haskell  Mrs  H.  B.  C,  Deer  Isle 
Haskell  Mrs  Hannah,  Albany 
Haskins  Robert  R.,  Bangor 
Hasty  Wm.,  Scarboro' 
Hathaway  Rev  G.  W.,  Bloomfield 
Hathaway  Mrs  M .  S.  W.,    " 
Hawes  Rev  J.  T.,  New  Sharon 
*HawesMrsT.,         " 
Hayes  Joseph  M.,   Saco 
Hayes  Mrs  Susan,    " 
Hayes  Lucy  L.,  " 

Hayes  Mrs  C.  T.,       " 
Hayes  David,  Saccarappa 
Hayes  Rev  S.  H.,  Frankfort 
Hayes  Mrs  E.  B.,        " 
Hayes  Miss  Betsey,  N.  Yarmouth 
Hayes  Mrs  Sarah,  Lebanon 
Heath  Solyman,  Belfast 
Herbert  Mrs  Charlotte,  Ellsworth 
Herbert  George,  " 

Herbert  Rev  E.  D.,  Frankfort 
Hill  Mrs  S.  G.,  Garnavillo,  Iowa 
*Hill  Mark  L.,  Phipsburg 
Hill  Mrs  A.  S.,        " 
Hill  Mrs  P.  C  ,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
Hill  Samuel,  Buxton 
Hills  Rev  Israel,  Dixmont 
Hills  James,  Monson 
Hills  Mrs  A.  B.,  " 
Hinckley  Mrs  A.  P.,  Natchez,  Mi. 
Hobart  Rev  Caleb,  N.  Yarmouth 
Hobart  Sarah  A.,  " 

Hobbs  Huldah  M.,  Camden 
Hodgdon  Israel,  Parsons  field 
Holman  Rev  Morris,  York, 

*  Holt  Rev  F.,  Bloomfield 
Holt  Uriah,  Norway 
Holcomb  J.  G.,  Augusta 
Hopkins  Rev  Samuel,  Saco 
Hopkins  Mrs  S.,  " 
Hopkins  Mrs  Jane,  Ellsworth 
Hopkins  Rev  E.  S..  Rumford 
Hopkins  Mrs  L.  S.,  AViUiamstown,  Mass. 
Houghton  Levi,  Bath 

Hovey  William,  Warren 

Hovey  Mrs  Wm.,    " 

Hovey  James,  Waldoboro' 

Hovey  Mrs  E.  A.,    " 

Hovey  Grenville,      " 

Hovey  Myrom,         " 

Hovey  Mercy,  " 

How  John,       Portland 

How  Mrs  Susan,    " 

How  J.  P.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

How  Miss  Persis,  Brookfield,  Mass. 

How  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Saco 

Hubbard  Rev  Anson,  Andover 

Hubbs  Mrs  Harriet,  Portland 

Hulin  Rev  George  H., 

Hunt  Mrs  Mary  C,  Gorham 

Hunter  Anna  T.,  Chelsea,  Mass. 

HurdRev  Carlton,  Fryeburg 

Hurd  Mrs  S.  E.,  " 

*  Hurd  Mrs  E.,  " 
Huse  Mrs  M.  J.,  Portland 
Huston  J.  G.,        Bristol 
Huston  Mrs  E.  M.,    " 
Hyde  Wm.,  Portland 
Hyde  John  E.,  Paris 
Hyde  Wm.  H.,    " 
Hyde  Qershom,        Bath 
Hyde  Mrs  Gershom,  " 
Hyde  Henry  A.,         " 


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Hyde  Mrs  E  H.,  Bath 
Hyde  Mrs  D.  T.,     " 
Hyde  Rev  Wm.  L.,  Gardiner 
Hyde  Caleb  H.,  Freeport 

Ilsley  Rev  Horatio,  Monson 
Haley  Mrs  Susan  U.,      " 

*  Ilsley  Mrs  L., 
Ingraham  Rev  J.  H.,  Augusta 
Ingraham  Mrs  J.  H.,        " 
Ingraham  Mrs  M.,  Portland 
Irish  Mrs  M.  M.,  Gorham 

Jackson  Rev  A.,  Walpole,  N.  H. 
Jackson  Henry,  Portland 
Jameson  Rev  T.,  Gorham 
Jarvis  Mrs  J.  H.,  Castine 
Jefferds  William,  Kennebunk  Port 
Jefferds  Dr.  G.  P.,        " 

*  Jenkins  Rev  Charles,  Portland 
Jenkins  Miss  A.  L.,  New  Haven 
Jenkins  J.  L.,         " 

Jenks  Miss  C.  B.,  N.  Yarmouth 
Jenks  Elizabeth,  Williamsburg 
Jenks  Mrs  C.  S.,  Bath 

*  Jewett  Rev  H.  C,  Winslow 
Jewett  Mrs  H.  C,  " 
Jewett  Jeremiah,  Alna 
Jewett  Mrs  M.  N.,  Waterford 
Johnson  Wm.  M.,  Andover,  Mass 
Johnson  Mrs  S.  J.,        " 
Johnson  Mary  M.,        " 

*  Johnson  Rev  S.,  Augusta 
Johnson  Mrs  Samuel,  Brunswick 
Johnson  Samuel  W.,        " 
Johnson  Thomas,  Bremen 
Johnson  Mrs  Ann,    " 

Jones  Rev  Elijah,  Minofc 
Jones  Mrs  B., 

Jones  Charlotte  P.,  Ellsworth 
Jones  Mrs  Caroline,  Bangor 
Jones  Simeon,        Pownal 
Jordan  Rev  W.  V.,      " 
Jordan  Mrs  C.  0.,        " 
Jordan  Mrs  J.  W.,  Westbrook 
Jordan  Mrs  Mary,  Saco 
Jordan  R.  T.,  Bidileford 

Keeler  Rev  S  H.,  Calais 
Keeler  Mrs  Mary,    " 
Keen  Sarah  A.,  Augusta 

*  Kellogg  Rev  Elijah,  Portland 
Kellogg  Mrs  Eunice,        l: 
Kendrick  Rev  Daniel,  Lyman 
Kendrick  Mrs  Sally,         " 
Kendall  George  W.,  Bath 
Kendall  Mrs  G.  AV.,    " 
Kendall  Rev  R.  S.,  Machias 
Kent  Rev  Cephas  H., 

Kenney  Samuel  B.,  N.  Yarmouth 
Kerr  J.  W.,  Greensboro,  Ala. 
Kidder  Elizabeth  E., 
Kilborn  Hannah,  Portland 
Kilborn  John,  Bridgton 
Kilborn,  Mrs  M.,    " 
Kimball  P.  H.,  Ipswich,  Mass. 
Kimball  John  S.,  Belfast 
Kimball  Mrs  I.  G.,    " 
Kimball  Rev  Ivory,  Elliot 
Kimball  Mrs  Ivory,    " 
Kimball  Rev  Caleb,  Biddeford 
Kimball  Iddo,  Thomaston 
Kimball  Lucy  C,  Bath 

Kimball  Mrs" Abraham,    " 
Kimball  Wm.  0.,  " 


Kimball  Stephen,  Bangor 
Kimball  Rev  Reuben,  Kittery 

Ladd  John  E.,  Honolulu,  S.  I. 
Ladd  John     Hallowell 
Ladd  Mrs  John,     " 
LaddWm.F.,        " 

*  Ladd  William,  Minot 
Lakeman  Anna,  Hallowell 
Lambert  Sarah  H  ,  Bath 
Lane  Rev  Joseph, 
Langworthy  James,  Belfast 
Lawton  Rev  C.  J.,  Passadumkeag 
Lawrence,  H.  C,  Albany 
Leathead  Mrs  Mary,  Anson 
Leigh  Mrs  Eliza,  Hallowell 
Leland  Dorcas  K.,  Saco 
Leland  Jane  M.,  Bath 
Lemont  Adam,        " 

*  Lewis  Mrs  M.,  Portland 
Lewis  Rev  W.,  Weymouth 

*  Lewis  Mrs  W.,    " 
Libbey  Joseph,  Portland 
Libbey  Mrs  L.  J.,    " 
Libbey  H.  J.,  " 
Libbey  Mrs  H.  J.,    " 
Libbey  Mrs  M.  A.,  " 

*  Libbey  Rev  D.,  Dixfield 
Lincoln  George  S.,  Hallowell 
Lincoln  Royal,  Portland 
Lincoln  Mrs  B.  H.,  Bath 
Lincoln  Lucy  II.,        " 
Lincoln  Sarah  G.,       " 
Lincoln  Rev  Allen,  Gray 
Lincoln  Mrs  J.  A.,     " 
Little  Mrs  H.,  Danville 
Little  Sarah,        " 

Little  Rev  Valentine.  Lovell 

Little  Elizabeth,  Hallowell 

Little  John  T.,  Castine 

Little  Frances,      " 

Littlefield  George,  Freeport 

Littlefield  0.,  Sanford 

Littlefield  S  B.,  Wells 

Littlefield  J.  B.,  Bangor 

*Loomis  RevH.,    " 

Loper  Rev  S.  A., 

Long  Rev  J.  A.  E., 

Lord  Mrs  Phebe,  Kennebunk  Port 

Lord  Daniel  W.,  Boston 

Lord  Mrs  Lydia,    " 

Lord  Mrs  E.  L.,  Kennebunk  Port 

Lord  Charles  A., 

Lord  Nathaniel,  Bangor 

Lord  Rev  N.,  d.  d.,  Hanover 

Lord  Rev  T.  N.,  Biddeford 

Lord  Jacob,  Calais 

Loring  Rev  Asa  T.,  Phipbsurg 

Loring  J.  G  ,  N.  Yarmouth 

Loring  Mrs  D.  B.,      " 

Loring  John,  Norridgewock 

Loring  Rev  Levi, 

Loring  Rev  Amasa,  Shapleigh 

Loring  Mrs  L.  L.,  " 

Loring  Mrs  D.  T.,  Columbia 

Loring  Rev  Joseph,  Lebanon 

Loring  Mrs  Susan  S.,     " 

Lovejoy  Rev  J.  C,  Cambridgeport 

Lovejoy  Mrs  Sarah,  >' 

Lovejoy  Mrs  M.  T.,  " 

Lovejoy  Elizabeth,  Alton,  111. 

Lovejoy  Ellen  M.,  Albany 

Lunt  Miss  Mary,  Portland 

Maddocks  E.  K.,  Belfast 


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Magoun  David  C,  Bath 
Magoun  Mrs  II.  C,  " 
Magoun  E.  H.,  " 

Magoun  D.  N.,  " 

Magoun  Geo.  F.,  Galena,  111. 
Maltby  Rev  John,  Bangor 
Maltby  Mrs  M.  M.  G.,  " 
Mann  Mrs.,  Boston 
Marrett  Mrs  Dorcas,  Standish 
Marsh  Mrs  E.,  N.  Gloucester 

*  Marsh  T.  S.,   Bath 
Marsh  Rev  C,      Roxbury 

*  Marsh  Mrs  N.  W.,  " 
Marsh  Miss  E.  P.,       " 
Marshall  Thomas,  Belfast 
Marshall  Sophia  E.,  Hallowell 
Martin  Penelope,  Portland 
Martin  Pamela,        " 
Mason  Rev  J.  K.,  Hampden 
Mason  B.  F.,  Kennebunk  Port 
Mason  Mrs  8.  L.,    " 
Marsters  Caroline,  Topsham 
Marsters  Mrs  R.,  Hallowell 
Mather  Rev  W.  L.,  Concord 
Mather  Mrs  A.  P.,        " 
Matthews  Mrs  Sarah,  Searsport 
♦MayRevWm.,  Strong 

May  Mrs  D.  M.,      " 
Mayo  Lennette,  Orrington 
McKeen  Rev  S.,  Bradford,  Vt. 
McKeen  Mrs  H.  J.,    " 
McDonald  John,  Bangor 
McDonald  Mrs  0.,     " 
♦McLellan  Wm.,   Warren 
McLellan  Mrs  W.,     " 

*  McLellan,  B.,  Bloomfield 
♦McLellan  Rev  A.,  Hartford 
Mead  Mrs  J.  G.,  Gorham 
Mellen  John  P.,  Saco 
Merrill  Rev  J.  G.,  Washington 
Merrill  Rev  E.,  Mechanic  Falls 
Merrill  Mrs  H.  A.,    " 
Merrill  Rev  Stephen,  Acton 
Merrill  Mrs  H.  A.,  " 
Merrill  Richard,  Freeport 
Merrill  Rev  H.  A.,  Windham 
Merrill  Mrs  Mehitable,  Portland 
Merrill  Sarah  H.,  " 
Merrill  Mrs  Moses,               " 
Merrill  Mrs  H.  F.,  " 
Merrill  Robert,  Gray 

Merrill  Mrs  C.  E.,  Auburn 

Merrill  Rev  J.  H.,  Sedgwick 

Merrill  Mrs  Phebe,  Brownfield 

Miller  J.  K.,  Kennebunk 

Miller  Deborah,  Old  Town 

Millett  John,  Kennebunk  Port 

Mills  W.  H.,  Bangor 

*Miltimore  Rev  Wm.,  N.  H. 

Mitchell  Rev  D.  M.,  Portland 

Mitchell  Mrs  D.  M.,        " 

Mitchell  Lucretia  L.,  Andover  Mass. 

Mitchell  Ammi  R.,        Bath 

Mitchell  Mrs  N.  T.,  " 

Mitchell  Mrs  N.  M.,  " 

Mitchell  EUz.  T.,  (now  Mrs  Haley)  Bath 

Mitchell  Harriet  N.,  Bath 

Mitchell  Lucretia,        " 

Mitchell  Grenville  J.,  " 

Mitchell  Caroline  G.,    " 

♦Mitchell  Jacob,  N.  Yarmouth 

Mitchell  Mrs  Jacob,        " 

Montgomery  Mrs  S.  T.  Craigvillc,  N.  Y. 

Monroe  Mrs  Lucy  A.,  Portland 

Mordough  Rev  John  H-, 


Mordough  Mrs  Adeline 
Morse  Samuel,  Waldoboro' 
Morse  Rev  Stephen,  Biddeford 
Morse  Seth,  S.  Paris 
Morse  Elisha,      " 
Morse  Miranda,   " 
Morse  Mary  J.,  Hallowell 
Morse  Mrs  Rachel  E., 
Morse  Mrs  Edwin,  Bath 
Morse  Mrs  Alfred,  Pembroke 
Morton  Mrs  S.  W.,  Hallowell 
Morton  Rev  Alpha,  Temple 
Morton  Mrs  Charlotte,  " 
Moody  Mrs  Sarah,  Hallowell 
Moody  Mrs  Susan  C,    " 
Moody  Mrs  Mary  E.,     " 
Moody  John,  Lebanon 
Moody  Asaph,  Kennebunk  Port 
Moulton  Mrs  Mary,  Bucksport 
Moulton  Jotham, 
Mountfort  Elias,  Portland 
Mountfort  Mrs  N.,    " 
Munsell  Rev  J.  R.,  E.  Brewer 
Munsell  Mrs  L.  R.,        " 
Muzzy  A.  H.,  Oxford 

Nason  Edward  A.,  Augusta 
Nason  Mrs  A.  B.,  " 

Nason  Margaret,  " 

Nason  Edward  A.,        " 
Nason  Mary  M.,  " 

Nason  Miss  Julia,        " 
Nason  Bartholomew,  Hallowell 
Nason  Mrs  " 

Nason  Mrs  Martha  C,     " 
Neally  Mrs  E.  S.  J.,  Bath 
Nelson  Mrs  Persis,  Buckfield 
Newell  Mrs  E.  M.,  Durham 

*  Newell  Rev  I.,  " 
Newell  Rev  D.,  New  York 
Newell  Mrs  S.  A.,  Kennebunk  Port 
Newman  Thomas  W.,  Hallowell 
Nichols  Mrs  Sarah  N.,  Pittston 
♦Norton  W.  B.,  Oxford 

Norton  C.  E.,  S.  Berwick 
Norton  Mrs  Sarah,     " 

*  Nourse  Rev  Peter,  Ellsworth 
♦Nourse  Mary  G.,  " 
Nye  Mrs  H.  B.,  Freeport 

Oliphant  Rev  D.,  Plaistow,  N.  H- 
Oliver  James,  Bath 
Orr  Rev  John,  Alfred 
Osgood  Mrs  Abigail,  Fryeburg 
Osgood  Joshua  B.,     Portland 
Osgood  Mrs  Joshua  B.,    " 

*  Osgood  Rebecca,  Bath 
Owen  Mary  Jane,  Bath 

Packard  Rev  H.,  D.  D. 

Packard,  A.  S.,  Prof.,  Brunswick 

Packard  Rev  Charles,  Norway 

Page  Miss  Clarissa  P.,  Hallowell 

Page  Benjamin, 

Page  Mrs  Benjamin,  " 

Page  Benjamin  V.T  " 

Page  Simon,  " 

Page  Mrs  Simon, 

Page  John  0., 

Page  Rufus  K., 

Page  Mrs  Martha  H.,  " 

Page  Mrs  Matilda  K.,  " 

Page  Miss  Lucretia  B.,        " 

page  William  R.,  " 

Page  Miss  Harriet, 


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Page  Francis  H.,    Hallo  well 

Page  Isabella  P.,  " 

Page  Sarah, 

Page  Rev 'Caleb  F.,  Bxidgto* 

*  Page  Mrs  Sarah  B.,    i; 

Page  Mrs  A.  N.,  Brunswick 

Page  Jesse,  Warren 

Page  Mrs  Jesse,  " 

Page  Henry  R.,  Hallowell 

Page  Rev  Robert,  N.  H. 

Page  Mrs  Robert,      " 

Page  Abby  M.,  " 

Page  Sanwel,  Wlscassot 

Page  Mrs  M.  S.,      " 

Paine  Samuel,  Gorham 

Paine  Zenas,  Buxton 

Palmer  Rev  Ray,  Bath 

Palmer  Mrs  Ray,    " 

Park  Rev  C.  E.,  Boxford 

Park  Mrs  H.  T.,        " 

Parker  Rev  Wooster,  Foxcroft 

Parker  Mrs  W.  A.,  " 

Parker  Rev  Freeman,  Wiscasset 

Parker  Edmund,  Amherst,  N.  H., 

Parker  Mary  H.,        " 

Parkhurst  Mrs  M.  L.,  Gorham 

Parkinson  Rev  Royal,  Cape  Elisabeth 

Parsons  Rev  E.  G.,  Freeport 

Parsons  Mrs  C.  M.,       " 

Parsons  Susan,  Hallowell 

Patten  Mrs  H.  T.,  Bath 

Patten  Statira, 

Patten  James  T.,        " 

Patten  Paulina,  " 

PatUm  Ann  A.,  " 

Patten  George  M.,      " 

Patten  Mrs  James,     " 

Patten  William,  Richmond 

Patten  Mrs  Eliza  S.,  " 

*  Payson  Rev  Edward,  D.  D.,  Portland 

*  Payson  Mrs  Ann  L., 
Payne  Mrs  Lucy,  Charlestown 
Peabody  Mrs  Mary  L.,  Ellsworth 
Pearson  Paul,        Alna 
Pearson  Mrs  Paul,    " 
Pearson  Jeremiah,    " 
Pearson  Mrs  S.  S.,  Bangor 
Pearson  Harriet  S.,      " 

Pearl  Rev  Cyril,  Gorham 

Peck  Mrs  Susan,  Ellsworth 

Peckham  Rev  Samuel  H., 

Peet  Rev  Josiah,  Norridgewock 

Peet  Mrs  Sarah,  " 

Peet  Rev  J.  W.,  Gardiner 

Peet  Mrs  L.  C,        " 

Pennell  Mrs  Clement,  Portland 

Pennell  Mrs  Charlotte,       " 

Pennell  Mrs  Mary  S.,  Gray 

Pennell  Dea  Luther,        " 

Perham  Rev  John,  Madison 

Perham  Mrs  L.  T., 

Perham  Rosalvan  C,    " 

Perkins  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Kennebunk  Port 

Perkins  Miss  Mary, 

Perry  Rev  John  0.,  Orono 

Peters  Rev  A.,  Williamstown 

Philbrook  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Bath 

Phipps  Mrs  S.  T..  Gorham 

Pickard  Mrs  H.,  Lewiston  Falls 

Pierce  Samuel,  Durham 

Pierce  Rev  Wm.,  Lyman 

Pierce  Mrs  Wm.,    " 

Pierce  Mrs  Caroline,  Harrison 

*  Pike  Daniel,  Bangor 

Pinkerton  Mrs  J.,  Bescawen,  N.  H. 


Plummer  John,  S.  Berwick 

Poland  Caroline  C,  Boston 

Polk  Mrs  Jas.  K.,  Tennessee 

Pomero-y  Rev  T.,  Onondne©  Hollow.  N.  H. 

Pomeroy  ilrs  E.  S.  M-,        " 

Pomeroy  F.  A.,  N.  Yarmouth 

Pomeroy  Mrs  Priscilla    " 

Pomroy  Rev  Swan  L,  d.  d.,  Boston 

Pomroy  Mrs  Ann  Q., 

Pond  Samuel  M.,  Bucksport 

Pond  Rev  Enoch,  d.  ».,  Bangor 

Poor  Clarence  0.,  Belfast  . 

Powers  Rev  Philander  0.,  Bwesa,  Syna 

Powers  Mrs  P.  0.,  " 

Price  Bbenezer,  Boscawen,  N.H. 

Prince  Ezekiel,  Eastport 

Prince  John  M.,  Chelsea 

Prince  Reuben,  N.  Yarmouth 

Prince  Mrs  Hannah,       " 

Prince  Rev  N.  A.,  New  Glo*eester 

Putnam  Mrs  Dr.  J..  Bath 

*  Quincy  Marcus,  Portland 
Rand  Rev  W.  W.,  New  York 
Rankin  Bev  A.,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Redington  Alfred,  Augusta 
Redington  S.  M.,  " 

*  Reed  I.  G.,  Waldoboro' 
Reed  Mrs  Clarissa,  Bath 
Rice  Thomas,    Winslow 
Rice  Mrs  Thos.,      " 
Rice  Mrs  Lucy,       " 
Rice  Wm.  W.,         " 
Rice  Charles  J.,      " 
Rice  Lucy  Ann,      " 

*Rice  Rev  Benj.,  Winchendwi,  Mass. 
Rice  Mrs  Mary  G.,  Kentueky 
Rice  Mary  F., 
Rice  Rev  Wm.  G.,  " 

Richardson  Mrs.,   Pelham,  N.  H. 
Richardson  Rev.  J.  P.,  Otisfleld 
Richardson  Mrs  Mary,        " 
Richardson  Eunice  T.,  Gilead 
*  Richardson  William,    Bath 
♦Richardson  Mrs  Wm.,     " 
Richardson  John, 
Richardson  Harriet  E., 
Richardson  Wm.  P.,  " 

Richardson  Henry  S., 
Richardson  Mrs  H.  T.,  " 
Richardson  Frederick  L.,  " 
Richardson  John  G., 
Richardson  Mrs  Maria,  " 
Richardson  George  L.,  " 
Richardson  Sarah  B.,         " 

Richardson  Mary  J., 

Richardson  Mrs  David,      " 

Richardson  Amos,  Fryeburg 

Rielly  Margaret,  Boston 

Ripley  Rev  Lincoln,  Waterford 

*  Ripley  Mrs  Phebe,  " 

♦Robie  Thomas  S.,  Gorham 

Robie  Mrs  Clarissa  A.,  " 

Roberts  Rev  B.,  formerly  of  Perry 

Robinson  Frances  J.  G.,  Bath 

Robinson  Orville  A.,  " 

Robinson  Miss  Betsey,        " 

tobinson  Mrs  Hannah  H,,  Portland 
ogers  Rev  Isaac,  Farmington 
Rogers  Mrs  E.  F.,  " 

Rogers  Benj.  T.,  New  York 
Rogers  Mrs  Hannah  C,  Bath 
Rogers  Mrs  Sarah, 
I   Rogers  Geo.  W.,  S.  Berwick 
I  Rogers  Moses,  Harwich,  Mass. 

G 


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Rogers  Rev  Nathan  B.,  Hallowell 
Rowe  Mrs  Prudence,   New  Gloucester 

*  Russell  Mrs  Han***,   K.  tm»*mtii. 
Russell  Mrs  Deborah,  Portland 
Russell  Mrs  Betsey,  Bath 

Russell  Mrs  Nancy,   Weld 
♦Rumery  James  S.,  Saco 

Sanford  Thomas  K.,  New  York 
Sanford  Harriet,  Hallowell 
Sanford  Miss  A.  E.,  Boston 
Sanford  William,  Bangor 
Sawyer  Rev  John,  Garland 
Sawyer  James,  Saco 
Saunders  Amos,  Waterford 
Scales  Nathaniel,  Durham 
Scamman  John  F.,    Saco 
Scamman  Seth,  " 

Scamman  Miss  S.  N  ,   " 
Scamman  Lavinia,       " 

*  Scott  Rev  Jonathan,  Minot 
Seabury  David,  N.  Yarmouth 
Seabury  Mary  L.,  " 
Seabury  Eliza  L.,  " 
Seabury  Mrs  Dorcas,  " 
Seabury  Albion,  " 
Seabury  Rev  Edwin,  Newcastle 

*  Searle  Rev  Joseph,  Harrison 
Searle  Mrs  Mary  P.,  New  York 
Seavey  Hannah  B.,  Scarboro 
Selden  Calvin,  Norridgewock 
Selden  Mrs  Harriet,    " 

Sewall  Rev  Jotham,  Chesterville 

*  Sewall  Mrs  Jenny,        " 
Sewali  Oliver,  *' 

*  Sewall  Henry,  Augusta 
Sewall  Mrs  E.  L.,      " 
Sewall  Rev  Samuel,   Sumner 
Sewall  Lyman, 

Sewall  Matilda  J.,  Winthrop 
Sewall  Stephen, 

Sewall  Rev  Jotham,  Jr.,  Bluehill 
Sewall  Mrs  Ann, 
Sewall  Lucy,  Kennebunk 
Sewall  Mrs  Hannah,   Wisconsin 
Sewall  Rev  Henry,  Sangerville 
Sewall  Rev  Wm.  S.,  Brownville 
Sewall  Mrs  Miriam' P.,    " 
Sewall  Rev  David  B.,  Robbineton 
Sewall  B.  C,  Bath 
Shapleigh  Samuel,  Lebanon 
Shaw  Mrs  John,  Bath 
Shed  Daniel,  Brewer 
Sheldon  Rev  N.  W.,  Portland 
Sheldon  Mrs  Ann  D.,       " 
Sheldon  Rev  Anson, 

*  Sheldon  Mrs  Susan,  Rumford 
Shepard  Rev  George,  Bangor 
Shepard  Mrs  G.,  " 
Shepard  George  H.,         " 
Shepard  Thomas, 

Shepley  Ether,  Portland 
Shepley  Rev  David,  N.  Yarmouth 
Shepley  Mrs  Myra  N.,  " 

Shepley  Rev  S.  H., 
Shepley  Mrs  Pamelia,  " 

Shepley  Mrs  Betsey, 
Sherman  Joseph,  Columbia,  Twin. 
Sherman  Mrs  N.  B.,      " 
Sherman  Joseph,  Edgecomb 
Sherman  Mrs  Eliz.,       " 
Sherman  Mrs  Martha,  Newcastle 
Shirley  George  H.,   Portland 
Shirley  Edmund,  Fryeburg 
Sikes  Rev  Oren,  Bedford,  Mass. 


Sjkes  Mrs  Julia  K.,  Bedford,  Mass 
Simpson  Mrs  Eliz.  T.,  Bath 
Sia«e  Mrs  H.  T.  P.,   Boston 
Slade  George  P.,  " 

Slade  Augustus  P.,       " 
Smith  Urn  Thomas  0.,  Orrington 
Smith  Thomas,  Litchfield 
Smith  Rev  T.  M.,  New  Bedford 
Smith  Wm.,  Kennebunk  Port 

*  Smith  Rev  Prof.  John,  Bangor 

*  Smith  Rev  Amasa,  Porjtiand 

*  Smith  Isaac,  " 
Smith  Mrs  H.  T.,             " 
Smith  H.  P.  A.,  Cherryfield 
Smith  Rev  Daniel,  Parsonsfield 
Smith  Mrs  Mary  J.,        " 
Smith  Rev  Levi, 

Smith  Mrs  L.  W., 
Smith  James,  Kennebunk  Port 
Smith  Mrs  Mary  T.,    Bath 
Smith  Ann  E.,  Hallowell 
Smith  Rev  Prof.,  Bangor 
Smith  Lydia,  Wiscasset 
Snell  Mrs  Jane  C,  Ellsworth 
Snipe  Mrs  Sarah,  Arrowsic 
Snow  Mrs  Polly,  Bloomfield 
Soule  Rev  Charles,  Portland 
Soule  Mrs  Charles,  " 

Soule  Moses,  Freeport 
Soule  Rufus,        " 
Souther  Samuel,  Fryeburg 
Souther  Mrs  Mary,    " 
Souther  John.AV.,      " 
Souther  Thomas,       " 
'Souther  Georgiana,    " 
Souther  Rev  S.,  Jr.,  Belfast 
Sparhawk  Mrs  M.  S.,  Bucksport 
Sprague  Mrs  Mary,   Bath 
Sprague  Peleg,  Jr.,      " 
Sprague  Wm.  B.,         " 
Sprague  Nancy  E.,      " 
Sprague  Harriet  E.,     " 
Sprague  Mrs  H.  E.,     " 
Sprague  Mrs  Sarah,  Boston 
Sprowl  Mrs  Jane,  Waldoboro' 
Stallard  Thomas,  Portland 
Stanley  James,  Farmington 
Stanley  Mrs  J.  A.,    " 
Stanwood  Susan,  Augusta 
Starrett  Rev  David,  Augusta 
Starrett  Mrs  Susan,        " 
Starrett  Calvin,  Washington 

*  Starrett  George  " 
Starrett  James,  Warren 
Stearns  Rev  J.  H.,  Dennysville 

*  Steele  Rev  M.,  Machias 
♦Steele  Mrs  Almira  D.,  Portland 
Stephenson  Mrs  Harriet  S.,  Portland 
Stetson  Mrs  E.,  Bath 

Stevens  William,  Carroll 

Stevens  Rev  J.  B.,  Oak  Hill,  Newton  Co.  Ga. 

Stevens  Mrs  Lydia,      " 

Stevens  Mrs  Thomas,  Portland 

Stevens  Mrs  Lucy  A.,  " 

♦Stevens  Jeremiah,  " 

Stevens  Mrs  Elizabeth       " 

Stevens  Mrs  E.  C,  " 

Stevens  Mrs  Lydia,  New  Gloucester 

Stevens  Mrs  Mary  F.,  Bluehill 

Stevens  Mrs  Sophia,  Gray 

Stewart  Mrs  Maria,  Portland 

Stickney  Rev  Moses  P.,  Eastport 

Stickney  AVilliam,  Hallowell 

Stickney  Mrs  Wm.,        " 

♦Stickney  Mrs  D.  L.,     " 


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Stieknev  Paul,  Hallowell 

Stinson' Rev  Hermon,  Gardinw: 

Stinson  Mrs  L.  W.,  " 

Stinson  Mrs  D.  T.,  Bath 

Stone  Rev  Samuel, 

Stone  Rev  T.  T.,  Salem 

Stone  Israel,  Kennebunk  Port 

Stone  Mrs  Miranda,    " 

Stone  Rev  Cyrus,  Saugus,  Mass. 

Stone  Mrs  Abigail,  " 

Stone  Rev  H.  M.,  Bluehill 

Stone  Mrs  Eliza,        " 

Storer  Woodbury,  Portland 

Storer  Mrs  Mary  B.,     " 

Storer  Rev  Henry  G.,  Scarboro 

Storer  Frederick  T., 

Storer  Seth, 

Storer  Bellamy,  Cincinnati 

Storrs  Rev  R.  S.,  Braintree,  Mass. 

Strickland  Rev  M.  W.,  8mithport,  Pa. 

Strickland  S.,  Wilton 

Strout  Dea  Osgood,  Durham 

Swan  William,  Portland 

Swan  Mrs  Mary,       " 

Swan  Miss  Mary,  Winslow 

Swan  Francis,  Calais 

Swazey  Sewall  B.,  Bucksport 

Sweetser  Samuel,  N.  Yarmouth 

Sweetser  William, 

Sweetser  Harriet  J., 

Sweetser  Miss  H.  M., 

Sweetser  CaptWm.,        " 

Sweetser  Rev  Seth,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Sweetser  Mrs  H.  F., 

Sweetser  Frances  W.,      " 

Sweetser  Mrs  Rebeota  W.,  Jonesboro' 

Sweetser  Joseph, 

Sweetser  Mrs  Catharine, 

Sweetser  David,  Pownal 

Sylvester  Samuel,        Bangor 

Sylvester  Mrs  Charlotte,  " 

Sylvester  Mrs  Hannah,  Deer  Isle 

Talbot  Rev  Samuel,  Alna 

*  Talbot  Sirs  Samuel,    " 

Talbot  Peter,  AVaterville 

Tallman  Mrs  Eleanor,        Bath 

Tallman  Franklin  B.,  ' 

Tallman  Miss  A.  M.  McK.,   " 

Tallman  Mrs  Mary,  " 

Tappan  Rev  Benjamin,  D.D.,  Bangor 

Tappan  Mrs  Benjamin, 

♦Tappan  Dr.  E.  S., 

Tappan  Miss  Elizabeth  T., 

Tappan  Miss  Jane  W., 

Tappan  Miss  Mary  A.,  " 

*  Tappan  Miss  Catharine  H.,     ' 

Tappan  Miss  Hannah, 

Tappan  T.  L.,  Winthrop 

Tappan  Rev  Benj.,  Jr.,   Charlestown,  Ms. 

Tappan  Mrs  Betsey  Q., 

Tappan  Mrs  Delia, 

Tappan  Ellen  E.,  '^ 

Tappan  Henry  L., 

Tappan  Elizabeth  W., 

Tappan  Emmons, 

Tappan  Ana  W., 

Tappan  Rev  D.  D.,  Marshfield,  Mass. 

Tappan  Mrs  M..  " 

Tappan  Rev  S.  S.,  Tisbury,  Mass. 

Tappan  Mrs  E.  L.,         " 

Taylor  Mrs  Zachary,  Washington,  D.  C. 

*  Taylor  John,  Bath 

Tenney  Rev  Thomas,  Oberlin 

Tenney  Mrs  Martha,        " 


Tenney  Rev  Sewall,  Ellsworth 

Tenney  Mrs  Sarah, 

Tenney  William,  Monson 

Tewksbury  Rev  G.  F.,  Albany 

Tewksbury  Mrs  Sarah,     " 

Thomas  Mrs  W.  W.,  Portland 

Thomas  Mrs  Wm.,  E.  Thomaston 

Thompson  John,  Mercer 

Thompson  Edward,  Pownal 

Thompson  Mrs  Sarah,  Bath 

Thompson  Mrs  E.  P.,  Portland 

Thornton  J.  B.,        Saoo 

Thornton  Mrs  E.  B.,  " 

Thatcher  George  A.,  Warren 

Thatcher  George  A.,  Bangor 

Thatcher  Mrs  Lucy  F.,  Mercer 

Thaxter  Mrs  Martha  E.,   Portland 

Thurston  Rev  David,  Winthrop 

Thurston  Mrs  David, 

Thurston  Harriet  Ann, 

Thurston  Rev  Stephen,   Searsport 

Thurston  Mrs  Stephen, 

Thurston  Clara  B., 

Thurston  Rev  E.,  Fall  River,  Mass. 

Thurston  Mrs  Mary  C,    " 

Thurston  Mrs  Maria  S.,   Boston 

Thurston  Rev  R.  B.,  Waterville 

Tilton  Mrs  Abigail,  Knox 

Tinkham  Jane,  Portland 

Tirrell  Alice  S.,  Boston 

Titcomb  James,  Kennebunk 

Titcomb  Albert,  Bangor 

Titcomb  John,  Jr.,  Farmington 

Towle  Joshua,  Belfast 

Train  Helen,  Augusta 

*  Tra?k  Mrs  Martha,  Vortlamd 

Trask  Mrs  Mary  E.,  Gloucester,  Mass. 

Treat  Upton,        Frankfort 

Treat  Mrs  Sarah  W.,  " 

Treat  William,  Searsport 

Trevett  Lucy  J.,  Bath 

Trott  Eliz.  W.,        " 

Trowbridge  Mrs  Margaret,  Portland 

True  Mrs  Eben, 

Trufant  Mrs  Sarah  F.,  Bath 

Trufant  Mrs  Sarah  R.,    " 

Trufant  Susan  T., 

Trufant  Gilbert, 

Tucker  Rev  Josiah,  Industry 

Tucker  Mrs  Esther,     " 

Tucker  Mrs  Deborah,  Turner 

Turner  John  N.,  Boston 

Turner  Lydia,  Otisfield 

Turner  Mrs  Mary,  Bath 

Turner  Rev  Sidney,  Bingham 

Turner  Mrs  Betsey, 

*  Tupper  Mrs  Mary  Ann, 

Twitchell  Capt  Peter,  Bethel 

Tyler  Rev  Bennett,  D.D.,  E.  Windsor 

Upham  Prof.  Thomas  C,  Brunswick 
Uunderwood  Rev  Joseph,  New  York 

Vaill  Rev  Joseph,  Somers,  Ct. 
Vaill  Mrs  Joseph,        " 
Vaughan  Lewis,  Warren 
Vinton  Rev  John  A.,  New  Sh»rom 

Wadlin  Mrs  Phebe,  Gorham 

Waite  Joshua,  Freeport 

Waite  Alfred,        " 

Waite  Mrs  J.,        " 

*  Wales  Rev  Nathaniel,  Belfast 

Walker  Rev  Joseph,  S.  Paris 

Walker  Mrs  Eleanor,       " 


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*  Walker  James  B.,  Westbrook 
Walker  0*ver,  KennebunbPort 
Walker  Mrs  G.  P.,    Bort** 
JfcUker  Katey  P.,         « 
Walker  Georgiana  N.,  " 
Walker  Caroline  S.,      " 
Walker  Rev  Mr.,  Bucksport 
Walker  Mrs  Eliza,  Fryeburg 
Walker  Mrs  Catharine,  " 
Walker  Barnes,  '■ 

Walker  Simeon  C,         " 
Walker  Asa,      Bangor 
♦Walker  MreM.,  " 
Walker  Rev.  S.  D.,  Aceomac  Co.,  Va. 
Ward  Mrs  Laura  A.,        " 
Ward  Robert  G.,  Bath 
Ward  Marmaduke,  " 
Warren  WiUiam,   Waterford 
Warren  Samuel,  " 

Warren  Mrs  Mary,       " 
Warren  Rev  William,  Windham 
Warren  George  Wm.,  " 

Warren  Mrs  P.  B.,  Portland 
Wasson  David,  West  Brooksville 
Waseon  D.  A.,  " 

Waterhouse  Mrs  Ann,  Portland 
Waters  Cornelius-,  Gorham 
Webber  F.,  Castine 
*  Webster  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  C.  Elizabeth 
Webster  Mrs  Mary  Jane  " 

Webster  William,  Fryeburg 
Webster  Hon  Daniel,  Boston 
Weeman  Jamas  P.,  Freeport 
Wells  Mrs  S.amuel,  Portland 
Wells  Rev  Elias,  Sandwich  Isflaads 
Weston  Rev  Isaac,  Cumberland 
Weston  Rev  James,  Standish 
Weston  Mrs  James,        " 


Weston  Nathan,    Madison 
Weston  Benj.,  Jr.,      " 
Wsston  Mrs  Ann  S.,  " 

*  Weston  Rev  Daniel,  Gray 
Weston  Mrs  Jane  N.,  Eastport 
Weston  Mrs  Sarah,  Fryeburg 
White  Rev  Seneca        '• 
White  Rev  Henry,  Bradford 
White  Rev  Calvin,  late  of  Gray 
White  Thomas  A.,   Bangor 
Whiting  Hfnry  L.,  Boston 
Whitney  Dr.,  N.  Yarmouth 
Whipple  Rev  J.  K., 

*  Wight  Eli,  Bethel 

Wilde  Rev  John,  West  Falmouth 

*  Wilkins  Rev  I.  E.,  Albion 

*  Williams  Rev  Thomas,  Poland 
Williams  Daniel,      Augusta 
Williams  Mrs  Hannah,  " 
Williams  Miss  Helen,     " 
Williams  Samuel,  " 
Williams  E.  B.,  Gardiner 
Williams  Mrs  EUzabeth,  Hallowell 
Williams  Charles  W.,  Kennebunk 

*  Wines  Rev  Abijah,  Deer  Isle 

*  Wines  Mrs  Ruth,   Fryeburg 
Wiswali  Rev  Luther,  Brooks 
Wiswall  Mrs  S.  R.,  " 
Witherell  Rev  Samuel  B., 
Woodbury  Mrs  Octavia,  Portland 
Woodman  Benjamin,  Burlington 
Woodhull  Rev  R.,  Thomaston 
Woodhull  Mrs  S.  F.,        " 

*  Woodhull  Mrs.,  Portland 
Woodford  Bdward,  Saco 

*  Worthley  Justin,  N.  Yarmouth 

*  Wyman  Rev  Robert,  Ceylon 
Yeaton  Rev  F.,  St.  Stephens,  N.  B. 


